face recognition
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Police Use of Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition Tech Spiked After Capitol Raid
Clearview AI’s controversial facial-recognition app has seen a spike in use as police track down the pro-Trump insurgents who descended on the Capitol on Wednesday. With so many of those idiots snapping selfies and livestreaming the raid as if it was a school field trip, I’m surprised police even needed the help.
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Shady Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Says It’s Left Canada Amid Two Federal Investigations
Dystopian, U.S.-based face recognition firm Clearview AI has suspended its contract with the Royal Mounted Canadian Police (RMCP), effectively locking its business out of Canada entirely, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
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Vermont Seeks Injunction Against Clearview AI, Says Firm Broke Multiple U.S. State Laws
Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the controversial face recognition company Clearview AI alleging its efforts to collect images of Vermonters without their consent to fuel a law enforcement database is in violation of multiple U.S. state laws.
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We Found Clearview AI’s Shady Face Recognition App
A face recognition app used by thousands of law enforcement agencies, which has drawn considerable scrutiny in past weeks due to its creator’s dubious data collection efforts, contains code hinting at a range of unreported potential features, based on a version of the app discovered by Gizmodo.