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January 20, 2020 12:36 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/20/21073718/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-database-new-york-times-investigation-go-read-this
Go read this NYT expose on a creepy new facial recognition database used by US police
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Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the US have started using a new facial recognition system from Clearview AI, a new investigation by The New York Times has revealed. The database is made up of billions of images scraped from millions of sites including Facebook, YouTube, and Venmo. The Times says that Clearview AI’s work could “end privacy as we know it,” and the piece is well worth a read in its entirety.
The use of facial recognition systems by police is already a growing concern, but the scale of Clearview AI’s database, not to mention the methods it used to assemble it, is particularly troubling. The Clearview system is built upon a database of over three billion images scraped from the internet, a process which may have...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/20/21073718/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-database-new-york-times-investigation-go-read-this
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