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

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 74 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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