Facebook is using AI to ensure 360 degree photos look their best

Facebook announced today that it is using artificial intelligence to make sure that 360-degree photos uploaded to the social network look their best when other people view them. The company laid out a system at its @Scale conference today that uses deep neural networks to try to correct for common orientation errors with the photos that are uploaded.
If someone taking a 360 degree photo doesn’t hold the camera perfectly in line with the horizon, the resulting image can be tilted, which mak