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'''Clearview AI, Inc.''' is an American facial recognition company, providing software to law enforcement, government agencies, and (previously) private companies. The [[Artificial intelligence]] (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> | '''Clearview AI, Inc.''' is an American facial recognition company, providing software to law enforcement, government agencies, and (previously) private companies. The [[Artificial intelligence]] (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" /> | ||
Clearview AI was founded by Hoan Ton-That, Charles C. Johnson, and Richard Shwartz. Ton-That is a university dropout who began his career by creating phishing applications and computer worms and was subsequently investigated by police<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Owen |date=22 Jan 2020 |title=The person behind a privacy nightmare has a familiar face |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/The-person-behind-a-privacy-nightmare-has-a-14993625.php |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> | Clearview AI was founded by Hoan Ton-That, Charles C. Johnson, and Richard Shwartz. Ton-That is a university dropout who began his career by creating phishing applications and computer worms and was subsequently investigated by police.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Owen |date=22 Jan 2020 |title=The person behind a privacy nightmare has a familiar face |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/The-person-behind-a-privacy-nightmare-has-a-14993625.php |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> Shwartz is a politician who worked for New York mayors Rudy Guiliani and Ed Koch among other politicians.{{Citation needed}} Johnson is a right-wing political activist and possible FBI informant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Mattathias |date=19 Oct 2023 |title=Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-fbi-informant-charles-johnson-johnathan-buma-chs-genius-2023-10 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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*[[Verizon]] | *[[Verizon]] | ||
*[[T-Mobile]] | *[[T-Mobile]] | ||
*[[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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*Interpol | *Interpol | ||
*600+ US police departments | *600+ US police departments | ||
*At least ten fusion centers, including in | *At least ten fusion centers, including in Louisiana and the U.S. Virgin Islands | ||
*White House Tech Office | *White House Tech Office | ||
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====Foreign entities==== | ====Foreign entities==== | ||
Clearview AI has consistently maintained its position that it focuses on | Clearview AI has consistently maintained its position that it focuses on consumers in the US and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haskins |first=Caroline |date=5 Feb 2020 |title=Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition Software To Authoritarian Regimes Around The World |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-authoritarian-regimes-22 |website=Buzzfeed News}}</ref> Yet, included in Buzzfeed's report are entities in the following locations outside the US and Canada: | ||
*Australia | *Australia | ||
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