Using AI in database development for image moderation
Using AI in database development isn’t just about low code and no code tools. It’s also making moderation smarter – even with visual media. At Wirebox, we’re all about solving your business challenges and we’ll often turn to the power of AI to help us do that.
Why would images be coming into my database?
Maybe you’re a directory like Kids Party Finder or hold user profiles like Network 14; you’ll want places for those users to upload images. But not everyone is a good actor. So, using AI in database development for image moderation is a smart way to get around large volumes or small human teams and keep your database clean and tidy. We might use the ClarifAI API for this.
What is ClarifAI API?
Medium explains, “ClarifAI is a leading AI company specialising in computer vision, which provides tools and solutions for businesses to leverage the power of machine learning to analyse visual content. Here we are using their API to process images with their moderation model. They offer a free plan with up to 1,000 actions per month.” It works perfectly with Laravel Workflow – a platform that streamlines and organises complex processes in web applications. We use Laravel for a lot of our projects because it’s incredibly customisable and secure.
How does AI image moderation work?
In a nutshell, when an image comes in, it’s scanned by AI that’s been trained to spot potentially unsafe images. If it’s flagged as unsafe, it will log and delete that image. If the AI is unsure, it will alert a human moderator to have a look and approve or reject that submission. This means that only approved images are publicly viewable and rejected ones go into the bin. This reduces the risk that offensive or inappropriate content uploaded by external users will end up associated with your brand.
Why is AI image moderation a good thing?
While it is possible that the tool might trigger some false positives and nothing is foolproof, AI image moderation opens doors for small businesses. That’s because it makes UGC business models and digital niches that were previously untenable for startup teams, a possibility. You don’t need to hold up onboarding for image moderation any longer. AI is now able to do that first pass and initial rejection – only bringing in human resources as they’re required.
This means that social media challengers, directories, marketplaces and more are all viable even for Kickstarter-style businesses. With AI image moderation, businesses are also able to scale more rapidly as well; opening the floodgates to new users without any of the usual bottlenecks. If many fresh users are hitting a database all at once, that’s going to create a huge moderation queue. But not with AI. It greenlights everything it can, deletes what it can’t and only passes the maybe’s on for human oversight.
If you want some expert support with your database, reach out today. We can help you unlock the power of AI in real, tangible ways like with AI image moderation. You don’t need gimmicks or flashy interfaces. What you need is AI that solves the business problems you actually have.
