Clearview AI: The Creepy Facial Recognition Start-Up That Scraped the Internet

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Today, Andy sits down with Investigative reporter Kashmir Hill about her research into the facial recognition company Clearview AI. Her new book is called "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It." It tells the story of the tech startup, which has created a massive database of faces (scraped from the internet and social media sites), sparking major privacy concerns. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ Allegiance Gold: Go to ProtectWithAndy.com today, our listeners will get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars. That’s ProtectWithAndy.com. Or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. OnX Offroad Start your adventure with a 7-day free trial and experience the difference. Download onX Offroad today and elevate your offroading experience at https://www.onxmaps.com/offroad/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	It's why most officers tell me they would never arrest somebody based on facial recognition alone.
0:20.3	But I think sometimes you run into automation bias where you're like, well, this system
0:24.4	went through millions or billions of photos and it told me this is the right guy.
0:28.3	And then any other evidence that seems to seems incriminating like they have friends
0:32.6	from New Orleans becomes the confirmatory for you that it's the right person.
0:39.9	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work
0:46.3	that has no end. We have to organize a social movement.
1:00.0	We have an opportunity to lead by example versus just talking, hot air. I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change.
1:05.0	The people are the ones that can make the change.
1:14.2	Ladies and gentlemen, good morning.
1:16.1	Welcome to change agents and Ironclad Original, presented by Montana Knife Company.
1:21.6	Today's episode is about Clearview AI, which is a tech startup that has a database of more
1:27.1	than 30 billion images.
1:29.0	That's right. You read that number correctly. That links individual faces with names and
1:33.9	identities and is selling access to this technology to law enforcement. My guest today
1:41.1	is Kashmir Hill, a technology reporter for the New York Times.
1:45.7	In addition to the New York Times, her work has appeared in publications including Forbes,
1:49.9	Popular Science, and Gizmoda.
1:52.0	She has a new book specifically about Clearview AI.
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