Ton-That, Hoan
How Facial Recognition Is Being Used in the Ukraine War
In the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine and images of the devastation wrought there flooded the news, Hoan Ton-That, the chief executive of the facial recognition company Clearview AI, began thinking about how he could get involved. He believed his company’s technology could offer clarity in complex situations in the war. “I remember seeing videos […]
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Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses
The U.S. Air Force is looking into keeping its airfields safer with help from the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Clearview $49,847 to research augmented reality glasses that could scan faces to help with security on bases. Bryan Ripple, a spokesman for the lab, described the work as a […]
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Clearview AI fined $22.6 million by U.K. privacy commissioner.
Britain’s independent data privacy authority on Monday fined the facial recognition company Clearview AI £17 million, or $22.6 million, for failing to comply with the nation’s data protection laws. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it fined Clearview AI for failing to inform British residents that it was collecting billions of photos from sites including Facebook, […]
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