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App locks doomscrolling until you photograph a nearby place
Original: A doomscroll lock that opens only after you walk to a real place nearby and photograph it. CLIP checks the photo on your
An open-source developer has built a phone app that blocks doomscrolling until the user physically walks to a nearby location and photographs it. The app uses the CLIP AI model to verify the photo on-device, with no server involved and no images uploaded. The project is being shared as part of open-source development challenges and is drawing attention for its creative use of AI to encourage people offline.
Why now: The unusual combination of on-device AI verification and a physical-world requirement to unlock a phone resonates with current concerns about screen overuse.
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- A doomscroll lock that opens only after you walk to a real place nearby and photograph it. CLIP checks the photo on your phone. No server, no upload. # devchallenge # hf26challenge # opensource # ai # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 3
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