Clearview AI is a face recognition company created by Hoan Ton-That, that is developing an app that's able to match faces to a database of more than three billion faces indexed from Internet social media websites and other sources.[1]
Clearview AI operated in relative secrecy until 2019.[2] Its investors include Peter Thiel.[1] Clearview's technology has been used by numerous law enforcement agencies.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Hill, Kashmir (2020-01-18). "The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ "Law enforcement is using a facial recognition app with huge privacy issues". Engadget. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ Lipton, Beryl (January 18, 2020). "Records on Clearview AI reveal new info on police use". MuckRock. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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