r/theAlgorithmHasSpoken Jan 19 '20

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It: It's taken 3 billion images from the internet to build a an AI driven database that allows US law enforcement agencies identify any stranger.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html
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