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| 13.09.2026 | AI's Unprecedented Surge: Infrastructure, Chips, and Escalating Risks | AI reshapes global systems, demanding colossal infrastructure. Microsoft plans 38 GW data centers. Oracle's AI cloud revenue surges. The Pentagon views AI compute as strategic, eyeing a $5 billion Fluidstack loan. A $5 billion valuation for... |
| 11.09.2026 | Top Tech News Today, September 11, 2026: Anthropic, Clearview, DeepSeek, Google, Oracle, Pentagon, Salesforce & More | It’s Friday, September 11, 2026, and the AI boom just stopped looking abstract. Overnight, Microsoft mapped a 38-gigawatt buildout, Oracle booked a $664 billion cloud backlog, and the Pentagon opened talks on a $5 billion loan to keep U.S. ... |
| 08.07.2026 | DC Judge Forces Clearview AI to Reveal Arrest Tool After 8 False Arrests | By Terrence Hill
Published: Jul 08 2026, 5:28 PM EDT
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| 02.02.2026 | AI, identity & physical security raise data stakes | - |
| 28.10.2025 | Clearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria for suspected privacy violations | Austrian privacy group noyb said on Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint in Austria, accusing U.S.-based Clearview AI of illegally collecting photos and videos of European Union residents to build its facial-recognition database.
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| 12.08.2025 | Clearview AI Ranks No. 710 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies | Ranked No. 22 in Artificial Intelligence in Data, With a Three-Year Revenue Growth of 595 Percent NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Clearview AI, the world’s leading facial recognition system, has once again... |
| 07.07.2025 | ICE Using Repurposed Border Facial Recognition Tech To ID Protesters, Activists, And Migrants On US Streets | The Trump Administration’s constant escalation of its mass deportation programs now means ICE, CBP, and other federal agencies must come up with thousands of arrests a day. This never had anything to do with removing criminals from the coun... |
| 10.06.2025 | Worldcoin's Orb: A New Eye on Identity Verification in the UK | In a world where digital identity is as fragile as a soap bubble, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is stepping in with a bold solution. The UK is about to witness the launch of the Orb, a spherical device designed to scan irises and verify human iden... |
| 09.06.2025 | Worldcoin’s Eye-Scanning ID Tech Launches in UK | The UK is set to become the next major launchpad for Sam Altman’s controversial identity project, as the OpenAI CEO’s Worldcoin begins rolling out its eye-scanning ‘Orbs’ to verify users as human in an era of increasingly convincing AI.
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| 15.05.2025 | Milwaukee PD Wants To Trade 2.5 Million Mugshots For Free Facial Recognition Tech | Maybe Clearview got it all wrong. Scraping the web for tens of billions of records for free sounds like a good business model, but that model only works if you can keep the malodorous funk of your work from soaking into your reputation. Cle... |
| 29.04.2025 | Clearview AI Achieves SOC 2 Attestation with Zero Exceptions, Reinforces Industry-Leading Security and Privacy Standards | The SOC 2 Report validates Clearview AI’s Proficiency in Safeguarding Privacy, in addition to Data Security NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, April 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Clearview AI, the leading facial recognition search engine for U.S... |
| 28.03.2025 | Not Content With Its Billions Of Web Scrapings, Clearview Tried To Buy Millions Of Mugshots And SSNs | Clearview saw an opening in the facial recognition market and took full advantage of it. While most tech firms offered face-matching tech of dubious accuracy, Clearview went further, matching its AI to the billions of records it has harvest... |
| 19.02.2025 | ICE Wants To Set Up A Social Media Dragnet So It Can Figure Out Who’s Criticizing The Agency | Apparently, ICE is feeling it might deal with a bit more backlash than normal now that Trump is back in charge and promising to expel as many immigrants as he can as quickly as he can. Rather than deal with it like grownups with big boy pan... |
| 11.02.2025 | Ohio Judge: Clearview Matches Aren’t Probable Cause So Kiss Your Murder Case Goodbye | If cops aren’t going to follow the law or the Constitution, I don’t know why we’re expecting them to adhere to end user agreements.
It’s not just the fake social media profiles officers and investigators use. It’s also the tech they deploy.... |
| 10.02.2025 | Искусственный интеллект в системе уголовного правосудия: угрозы и гарантии | Генеральный секретарь Интерпола Юрген Шток недавно предупредил, что AI способствует совершению преступлений в «промышленном масштабе» с помощью дипфейков, имитации голоса и поддельных документов.
Полиция по всему миру также обращается к так... |
| 08.02.2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: February 2nd – 8th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, Facebook paid out a hefty settlement in a facial recognition lawsuit in Illinois, which looked like bad news for the also-just-sued new kid on the block: Clearview AI, about whom we were learning lots of di... |
| 31.01.2025 | The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Law Enforcement and Data Privacy | In the age of technology, the line between safety and privacy is razor-thin. Recent events in Cleveland and Washington highlight this precarious balance. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in law enforcement is a double-edged sword. It... |
| 29.01.2025 | Полиция Кливленда использовала ИИ для обоснования ордера на обыск, и теперь прокуратура может проиграть дело... | Прокуратура округа Кайахога оказалась в тупике при рассмотрении дела об убийстве. Выяснилось, что полиция Кливленда (административный центр округа) использовала ИИ-систему распознавания лиц Clearview AI для получения ордера на обыск по делу... |
| 19.12.2024 | EU Provides Guidance on How AI Developers Can Obey Privacy Laws | The European Data Protection Board has published an opinion addressing data protection in AI models. It covers assessing AI anonymity, the legal basis for processing data, and mitigation measures for impacts on data subjects for tech compan... |
| 26.11.2024 | Trump’s AI Czar and the Wild West of AI regulation: Strategies for enterprises to navigate the chaos | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
AI is advancing at breakneck speed, but the regulatory landscape is in chaos. With the coming Trump administratio... |
| 22.10.2024 | The Shadows of Surveillance: How Law Enforcement Obscures Facial Recognition Technology | In the digital age, trust is a fragile glass. It shatters easily, especially when it comes to law enforcement and technology. Recent revelations about police use of facial recognition technology have exposed a troubling trend: the deliberat... |
| 21.10.2024 | Public Records Show Cops Are Obscuring Their Use Of Facial Recognition Tech In Criminal Cases | What an absolute shocker. What a completely unexpected turn of events. Oh how will we, as Americans, process this latest in a never-ending string of abuses of trust by law enforcement. What a time to be alive. Etc.
Cops are always trying to... |
| 11.10.2024 | For Whatever Reason, NASA’s Inspector General Has Decided To Buy Itself Some Clearview Access | Get ready for some more unexpected uses of the world’s most controversial facial recognition tech. Clearview has amassed a 10-billion-image database — not through painstaking assembly but by sending its bots out into the open web to downloa... |
| 02.10.2024 | Is AI Accidentally Spilling Your Company's Secrets? A VC Firm's Private Conversations Were Included in Public Meeting Transcripts. A meeting transcript with "hours" of private conversations ... | Can AI be trusted with confidential information?
That was the question at stake when popular AI transcription service Otter, which has more than 14 million users, sent an automatic transcript of a Zoom meeting to AI researcher Alex Bilzeria... |
| 16.09.2024 | The Rise of AI in Crime Prevention: A Double-Edged Sword | In the age of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a cornerstone of modern society. From enhancing productivity to revolutionizing healthcare, AI is everywhere. One of its most controversial applications is in crime preventi... |
| 14.09.2024 | Korea's 'Dejaview' Is an AI for CCTVs That Can Detect, Predict Crimes Using 'Change-Based Approach' | By Isaiah Richard
Published Sep 14, 2024 12:57AM EDT
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A new study by Korean researchers has successfully developed a new artificial intel... |
| 06.09.2024 | Clearview AI заплатит 30,5 млн евро за нарушение конфиденциальности | Нидерландский орган по защите данных (DPA) наложил крупный штраф в размере 30,5 млн евро на американскую компанию Clearview AI, специализирующейся на распознавании лиц. DPA установил, что компания незаконно собирает и хранит миллиарды изобр... |
| 03.09.2024 | Clearview AI fined €30.5M in the Netherlands over its facial recognition database
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One click below supports our mission to... | The Netherlands’ privacy watchdog today fined Clearview AI Inc. €30.5 million, or about $33.7 million, over its controversial facial recognition database.
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| 03.09.2024 | Clearview AI fined by Dutch agency for facial recognition database | AMSTERDAM :U.S. facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) for building what Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said on Tuesday was an illegal database.
DPA also issued an additional order, imp... |
| 03.09.2024 | Dutch Regulator Fines Clearview AI £25.6M Over “Illegal Database” | American facial recognition company Clearview AI has been imposed a €30.5 million (£25.6m~) fine from the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA).
The Dutch regulator is fining the US-based firm, which offers facial recognition services to la... |
| 23.08.2024 | The AI Accountability Shift: A New Era for Government Oversight | The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting. Governments worldwide are grappling with the implications of AI technology. In Australia, a significant move is underway. Starting September 1, all federal departments must appoint ... |
| 23.08.2024 | Neural Notes: Who’s on the hook for the government’s AI crackdown? | Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher. Source: SmartCompany via AAP Image/Mick Tsikas. article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at some of the most interesting artificial intelligence news of the week. I... |
| 05.08.2024 | Незаконное использование технологии распознавания лиц обернулось для британской школы выговором | Английская школа получила официальное замечание от британского регулятора по защите данных после того, как использовала технологию распознавания лиц, не получив от учеников конкретного согласия на обработку их сканов, сообщили TechCrunch. Э... |
| 31.07.2024 | Comment | What Are The Implications of The EU AI Act? | It’s been a long haul for the EU to get the EU AI Act into law, but they have finally done it and the new law comes into effect on 1 August 2024, albeit with transitional provisions which mean that it won’t be in full effect immediately. It... |
| 02.05.2024 | Was There A Trojan Horse Hidden In Section 230 All Along That Could Enable Adversarial Interoperability? | There’s a fascinating new lawsuit against Meta that includes a surprisingly novel interpretation of Section 230. If the court buys it, this interpretation could make the open web a lot more open, while chipping away at the centralized contr... |
| 07.09.2022 | Walmart is facing a class action suit for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by using surveillance cameras and Clearview AI's facial recognition database | A lawsuit filed Thursday in Illinois alleges that Walmart violated Illinois' Biometric Privacy Act.
Facebook, now Meta, was hit with a $550 million fine in 2020 per settlement agreement after being sued under the same law.
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| 10.05.2022 | Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI banned from selling face database to private US businesses | Clearview AI is now banned from selling its facial recognition database to private US businesses, according to a court settlement.
The settlement, filed Monday, also bans sales of Clearview AI's software to all Illinois state agencies for f... |
| 27.04.2022 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: Have Facebook And Google Cornered The Market on Antitrust Troubles? | Just one week of antitrust litigation news shows how much turbulence Facebook and Google are encountering. Michael Weiner gives us a remarkably compact summary of the many issues, from deeply historical (Facebook’s purchase of Instagram) to... |
| 22.02.2022 | Clearview, the controversial facial-recognition AI startup that uses social media photos to build a biometric database, seeks its first big deals with federal agencies | Late last year, we wrote about Clearview after the controversial facial recognition AI startup raised $30 million in Series B funding from undisclosed institutional investors. Clearview first made headlines in January 2020 after The New Yor... |
| 19.01.2022 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: Have Facebook and Google Cornered The Market On Antitrust Troubles? | Just one week of antitrust litigation news shows how much turbulence Facebook and Google are encountering. Michael Weiner gives us a remarkably compact summary of the many issues, from deeply historical (Facebook’s purchase of Instagram) to... |
| 30.12.2021 | A look back at recent AI trends — and what 2022 might hold | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
2021 was an eventful year for AI. With the advent... |
| 30.12.2021 | A look back at recent AI trends — and what 2022 might hold | Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
2021 was an eventful year for AI. With the advent of new techniques, robust systems that can u... |
| 19.10.2021 | "The worst facial-recognition company in the world": Surveillance-technology vendors quietly complained about Clearview AI at a top surveillance conference recently | When Clearview came up in conversation, people's expressions would grow serious, or irritated.
The industry is upset with the company for giving facial-recognition technology a bad name.
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| 18.08.2021 | Clearview AI Announces Formation of Advisory Board | Clearview AI, the leading facial recognition and data company that provides powerful and reliable photo identification technology to law enforcement agencies, announced the formation of the company’s Advisory Board. Its members include lead... |
| 26.07.2021 | Clearview AI Closes $30M Series B Funding | Clearview AI, a NYC-based facial recognition company that provides photo identification technology to law enforcement agencies, closed a $30m Series B funding round that now values the company at $130m.
The investment includes funds from in... |
| 26.07.2021 | Clearview AI : Closes $30 Million Series B Funding Round | Clearview AI, the leading facial recognition company that provides powerful and reliable photo identification technology to law enforcement agencies, announced the successful close of a $30 million Series B funding round that now values the... |
| 26.07.2021 | Clearview AI Closes $30 Million Series B Funding Round | Clearview AI, the leading facial recognition company that provides powerful and reliable photo identification technology to law enforcement agencies, announced the successful close of a $30 million Series B funding round that now values the... |
| 26.07.2021 | Meet Clearview, the controversial AI facial recognition startup that scrapes billions of social media photos for use by law enforcement agencies | Late last year, we wrote about Clearview, a controversial facial recognition tech startup that uses AI to automatically scrape and collect publicly billions of photos of faces across social media and other websites to build out its biometri... |
| 23.07.2021 | Clearview AI raises $30M amid legal battles | Clearview AI, the startup behind a controversial facial recognition platform used by law enforcement and others, has raised $30 million at a $130 million valuation. The company did not name the investors in the Series B, The New York Times ... |
| 09.03.2021 | Clearview AI Gets Lawsuit From Immigrant Groups for Storing World's Largest Human Faces Database | Isaiah Alonzo, Tech Times 09 March 2021, 08:03 pm
Clearview AI has been faced with a massive lawsuit that goes against the company's recent venture of creating one of the world's largest databases for human faces, as immigrant-rights groups... |
| 12.02.2021 | Sweden’s data watchdog slaps police for unlawful use of Clearview AI | Sweden’s data protection authority, the IMY, has fined the local police authority €250,000 ($300,000+) for unlawful use of the controversial facial recognition software Clearview AI, in breach of the country’s Criminal Data Act.
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| 25.09.2020 | Clearview, a controversial facial-recognition AI startup with an app that lets strangers invade your privacy, raises $8.6 million in funding | We first wrote about Clearview AI in January after the New York Times ran a story about the controversial AI startup, titled: “The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It.” According to the report, more than 600 law enforceme... |
| 29.05.2020 | American Civil Liberties Union Sues Clearview AI for Violating Privacy | CJ Robles, Tech Times 29 May 2020, 05:05 am
Clearview AI, the developer of a facial-recognition tool used by law enforcement agencies, is currently facing charges from the American Civil Liberties Union for violating people's rights to priv... |
| 28.05.2020 | It’s The Data, Stupid! Why AI Might Get It Wrong. | In the last few weeks there were a lot of discussions around clearview.ai. The company that scrapes image data from Facebook and other social sites and uses facial recognition to identify people. As the New York Times reported they claim th... |
| 17.04.2020 | Clearview's A.I. Gets Massive Leak, Facial Recognition, Cloud Storage And More Open To Potential Hackers | Alec G., Tech Times 17 April 2020, 02:04 pm
The source code for Clearview's AI, as well as its app, was exposed to some cybersecurity error. The company right now claims only law enforcement agencies have access to its software. How true is... |
| 17.04.2020 | Стартап Clearview AI, раскритикованный за сбор данных из соцсетей, оставил свои базы данных в открытом доступе Статьи редакции... | Приложение позволяет загрузить изображение человека в программу, а затем находит его фотографии и даёт ссылки на источники.
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| 06.03.2020 | Clearview AI Caught Lying About Who Can Use Its Software | The hits keep on coming: Clearview AI has been caught lying about who can access its controversial facial recognition software.
Clearview has amassed a database of billions of photos, scraped from millions of websites, including the biggest... |
| 06.03.2020 | Clearview AI Lawyer Tor Ekeland Says Your Face Is Public Property | Clearview is the newest company in the surveillance space we love to hate.
The app, an "after-the-fact research tool," allows thousands of government and corporate agencies to match photos of suspected criminals against a catalog ... |
| 04.03.2020 | If you’re worried about the end of privacy, don’t waste your outrage on Clearview AI | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 04.03.2020 | If you’re worried about the end of privacy, don’t waste your outrage on Clearview AI | It’s easy to feel outrage at Clearview AI for creating facial recognition trained with 3 billion images scraped without permission from sites like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn, but the company should be only one of the targets of your ire... |
| 28.02.2020 | Apple has blocked Clearview AI’s iPhone app for violating its rules | An iPhone app built by controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI has been blocked by Apple, effectively banning the app from use.
Apple confirmed to TechCrunch that the startup “violated” the terms of its enterprise developer pr... |
| 22.01.2020 | This startup’s facial-recognition app lets strangers invade your privacy—and the FBI Uses It | Think about this for a moment. What if a stranger could snap a quick picture of you in a public place (which is perfectly legal) and use an app to quickly find your name, address and other details? A small startup called Clearview AI has ma... |
| 20.01.2020 | Американский стартап по распознаванию лиц насобирал базу из миллиардов фотографий для правоохранителей | Александра Кукуть 20 января 2020, 13:34 Американский стартап по распознаванию лиц насобирал базу из миллиардов фотографий для правоохранителей
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| - | Clearview e o determinismo tecnológico | “A sociedade ocidental aceitou como inquestionável o imperativo tecnológico, que é deveras arbitrário em seu mais primitivo tabu: não apenas o dever de promover a intenção e criar constantemente novidades, mas também o igual dever de render... |
| - | Police In Gujarat To Use Controversial Clearview AI Facial Recognition System | In a bid to ramp up surveillance in the city, Vadodara city police department in Gujarat is planning to install a system of artificial intelligence-based facial recognition cameras at public places such as railway stations, markets, bus dep... |
