Tag: Clearview AI
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Clearview AI fined £17 million by the UK
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that the face recognition tracking system Clearview AI violated the British data protection law and issued a fine of 17 million pounds. The ICO stated that Clearview AI did not inform users that it was collecting more than 3 billion user photos around the world, nor did it…
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Facebook, Youtube and Twitter ask Clearview AI to stop scraping images for facial recognition tech
Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter have sent a letter to Clearview AI, an artificial intelligence startup, asking it to stop using user images to identify itself for law enforcement purposes. As the controversy over facial recognition technology continues to grow, it’s more important than ever for startups in the tech industry to safeguard their interests by…