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Conversation about Clearview AI (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Boring@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A bit of news about Clearview AI, who hasn't received enough news time for how invasive their software is.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

NYT reporter Kashmir Hill says Clearview AI has a database of billions of photos scraped from the internet, which it sells to governments and police departments.

Her book is Your Face Belongs To Us.

The original article contains 34 words, the summary contains 34 words. Saved 0%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] psukys@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Bad bot :(

[–] Boring@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Good bot.