Clearview AI is a facial recognition company that can take a photo of the face of the target, and run it against the company’s database of around 30 billion faces. Clearview AI obtained many of these images by scraping the web, including sites and services like Facebook, YouTube, and Venmo. When the New York Times first reported on Clearview in January 2020, a researcher who provided documents to the Times said Clearview “appears to be crossing the Rubicon on facial recognition technology.” Often the tool is used in the form of an app installed on customers’ phones.
I’m sorry Dave, but I’m afraid I can’t do that, because I don’t recognize your face.
I don’t know the cost with the paywall, but did the boneheads there really think this garbage was more important than the Chandra x-ray telescope!?
Most AI crap isn’t ready for primetime… Why couldn’t this wait…
Thanks for the additional information!
There’s no way Chandra would have been saved with just $16k lol
Clickbait spoiler: “bought access to the powerful facial recognition tool”
Because all the little green men look the same to us?
Good, now they can shut it down!
