Google Image Face Recognition

Richard over at golem.de noticed something interesting about Google Image. By adding a short addition to the query string in the URL you can activate the facial recognition app embeded in Google Image.

For example, a search for Paris in Google Image returns a variety of images showing Paris the city.

However, if you add &imgtype=face to the end of the URL, Google Image will return results related to people named Paris.

Google Paris Search

Google Image Paris Person

Popularity: 14% [?]

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