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Clearview AI scraped billions of photos from social media to build a facial recognition app that can ID anyone - here's everything you need to know about the mysterious company
Clearview AI scraped billions of photos from social media to build a facial recognition app that can ID anyone - here's everything you need to know about the mysterious company
Mar 6, 2020, 23:09 IST
Clearview AI went from unknown startup to controversy in mid January when the New York Times ran an exposé.
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Soon after the piece ran, social media giants began sending cease-and-desist letters to Clearview AI.
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Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That defended the company in an interview on "CBS This Morning."
Check out the full interview with Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That right here:
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Then, in late February, Clearview disclosed a stunning error: The company's entire client list was leaked in a data breach, which led to the revelation that Clearview was selling its services to lots of clients outside of law enforcement.
Then, in March, another New York Times piece on the company revealed another stunning detail: The company's founders casually gave access to the software to potential investors and friends, who immediately abused it.