#2 - This A.I. Company Is Selling Your Images to Law Enforcement Worldwide.

In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology. Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down criminals.

But is there a catch?

A series of legal disputes around the world are among the most stark and alarming of our time.

Guest: Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne (Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics)

Update: Since recording, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released this Statement on Clearview AI (21 August 2024). 

Further info: 

• The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir Hill (The New York Times, 18 January 2020)
• Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy: Statement by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (3 November 2021)
• ACLU v. Clearview AI case summary (American Civil Liberties Union, 11 May 2022)
• Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit (AP News, 22 June 2024)

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