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100 Billion Face Photos? Clearview AI tells investors it's On Track to Identify 'Almost Everyone in the World'
tThe Washington Post reports:
Clearview AI is telling investors it is on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year, enough to ensure "almost everyone in the world will be identifiable," according to a financial presentation from Dec ... ⌘ Read more
Oh dear god. I wonder if ClearView have my face in their database? I didn't ask for this, did any of you?! 🤦♂️
I smell lawsuits coming...
Oh dear god. I wonder if ClearView have my face in their database? I didn't ask for this, did any of you?! 🤦♂️
I smell lawsuits coming...
@prologic The original article says:
> Clearview has built its database by taking images from social networks and other online sources without the consent of the websites or the people who were photographed. Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube have demanded the company stop taking photos from their sites and delete any that were previously taken. Clearview has argued its data collection is protected by the First Amendment.
And:
> Facebook, which forbids the automated copying, or “scraping,” of data from its platform and has an External Data Misuse team, has banned Clearview’s founder, Hoan Ton-That, from its site and has sent the company a cease-and-desist order, but Clearview has refused to provide any information about the extent to which Facebook and Instagram users’ photos remain in Clearview’s database, an official with Facebook’s parent company, Meta, told The Post.
Soooo … lawsuit, schmawsuit, who cares? 🤣
@prologic The original article says:
> Clearview has built its database by taking images from social networks and other online sources without the consent of the websites or the people who were photographed. Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube have demanded the company stop taking photos from their sites and delete any that were previously taken. Clearview has argued its data collection is protected by the First Amendment.
And:
> Facebook, which forbids the automated copying, or “scraping,” of data from its platform and has an External Data Misuse team, has banned Clearview’s founder, Hoan Ton-That, from its site and has sent the company a cease-and-desist order, but Clearview has refused to provide any information about the extent to which Facebook and Instagram users’ photos remain in Clearview’s database, an official with Facebook’s parent company, Meta, told The Post.
Soooo … lawsuit, schmawsuit, who cares? 🤣
@prologic The original article says:
> Clearview has built its database by taking images from social networks and other online sources without the consent of the websites or the people who were photographed. Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube have demanded the company stop taking photos from their sites and delete any that were previously taken. Clearview has argued its data collection is protected by the First Amendment.
And:
> Facebook, which forbids the automated copying, or “scraping,” of data from its platform and has an External Data Misuse team, has banned Clearview’s founder, Hoan Ton-That, from its site and has sent the company a cease-and-desist order, but Clearview has refused to provide any information about the extent to which Facebook and Instagram users’ photos remain in Clearview’s database, an official with Facebook’s parent company, Meta, told The Post.
Soooo … lawsuit, schmawsuit, who cares? 🤣