Meta, Google, Venmo, Twitter and other platforms have demanded that Clearview stop scraping images from them as well. It's also facing privacy lawsuits in the US, where lawmakers have urged federal agencies to stop using the tech. The UK provisionally fined Clearview £17 million ($22.6 million) in November for breaking data protection laws.Ĭanada, Australia and France are among the countries that have told Clearview to delete images of its residents and citizens. March 13 (Reuters) - Ukraines defense ministry on Saturday began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology, the companys chief executive told Reuters, after the U.S. This month, Italy fined the company €20 million ($27.9 million) and ordered it to delete images of Italian nationals. Clearview AI co-founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That disclosed the plans Friday to The Associated Press in order to clarify a recent federal court filing that. Ton-That said Clearview has access to more than 2 billion photos from VKontakte, the Russian social media service, and more than 10 billion images overall in its database.Ĭlearview's controversial tech has come under fire from many quarters over the last few years. He and Clearview advisor Lee Wolosky claimed other Ukraine government agencies plan to start using the tech over the coming days. It's not clear exactly what Ukraine is using the system for, Ton-That said, while noting it shouldn't be used as the sole means of identification. In the document, seen by IT Pro, Ton-That claims that Clearview AI has access to over 2 billion images obtained through the Russian social media service VKontakte that can be used to identify. Ukraine officials previously suggested they were considering using the tech. Ukraines defense ministry on Saturday began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology, the companys chief executive told Reuters, after the U.S. It comes after CEO and co-founder Hoan Ton-That sent a letter to the Ukrainian government offering support following the Russian invasion on 24 February. The company hasn't offered its technology to Russia.Įngadget has contacted the defense ministry for comment.
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Hoan Ton-That told Reuters the company offered Ukraine's defense ministry free access to its system following the invasion by Russia.Īccording to the report, Clearview suggested Ukraine could use the tech to reunite refugees with family members, fight misinformation, assess at checkpoints whether someone is a person of interest and to identify dead bodies.
Ukraine is now using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for purposes such as identifying Russian soldiers, its CEO claimed.
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