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|Founded=2017 | |Founded=2017 | ||
|Industry= | |Industry= | ||
|Type=Private | |Type=Private | ||
|Website=https://www.clearview.ai/ | |Website=https://www.clearview.ai/ | ||
|Description=AI facial recognition software company | |Description=AI facial recognition software company | ||
}}'''Clearview AI, Inc.''' is an American facial recognition company, providing software to law enforcement, government agencies, and (previously) private companies. The AI-software matches faces to a database of more than 20 billion images collected from the Internet, including social media applications. The company maintained a low profile until late 2019, when its usage by law enforcement was first reported<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mac |first=Ryan |date=23 Jan 2020 |title=Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect. The Cops Say That's Not True. |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-nypd-facial-recognition |website=Buzzfeed News}}</ref>. | |Logo=Clearview AI logo.svg}} | ||
'''Clearview AI, Inc.''' is an American facial recognition company, providing software to law enforcement, government agencies, and (previously) private companies. The AI-software matches faces to a database of more than 20 billion images collected from the Internet, including social media applications. The company maintained a low profile until late 2019, when its usage by law enforcement was first reported<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mac |first=Ryan |date=23 Jan 2020 |title=Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect. The Cops Say That's Not True. |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-nypd-facial-recognition |website=Buzzfeed News}}</ref>. | |||
The software is purportedly as simple as taking a photo of someone in public, then searching Clearview AI's database of over 3 billion photos which retrieves social media accounts connected to that person from all across the web<ref name=":0" />. | The software is purportedly as simple as taking a photo of someone in public, then searching Clearview AI's database of over 3 billion photos which retrieves social media accounts connected to that person from all across the web<ref name=":0" />. | ||
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*[[wikipedia:Veritone|Veritone]] - an AI software company that tracks characteristics of individuals and vehicles among other AI capabilities {{Citation needed}} | *[[wikipedia:Veritone|Veritone]] - an AI software company that tracks characteristics of individuals and vehicles among other AI capabilities {{Citation needed}} | ||
*NEC's NeoFace WideNet - facial recognition software<ref>{{Cite web |title=NeoFace WideNet - Turn Your Images Into Evidence |url=https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/neoface-widenet-turn-your-images-into-evidence/143012279 |website=NEC on SlideShare}}</ref> | *NEC's NeoFace WideNet - facial recognition software<ref>{{Cite web |title=NeoFace WideNet - Turn Your Images Into Evidence |url=https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/neoface-widenet-turn-your-images-into-evidence/143012279 |website=NEC on SlideShare}}</ref> | ||
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**and others | **and others | ||
*Attorneys general offices | *Attorneys general offices | ||
*50 educational institutions across 24 states, including at least two high schools | *50 educational institutions across 24 states, including at least two high schools | ||
*46 financial institutions | *46 financial institutions | ||