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Clearview AI boasts that its ‘algorithm can accurately find any face out of twenty billion images it has collected from the public internet‘ Photo: Hoan Ton-That is the CEO and co-founder of Clearview AI. He will not mind if you use his photo or CV. It is now in the public domain. 24 May 2022 |…
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A third of Facebook’s users, or about 1 billion people, had opted into the service. Photo: Facebook’s parent company, Meta, says it will shut down its facial recognition system over the coming weeks and delete 1bn faceprints. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters 03 November 2021 | Josh Taylor | The Guardian Facebook has announced it is deleting about…
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Photo: The government has launched an investigation into the leaked CCTV footage of Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters A firm that provided security at Matt Hancock’s office, where leaked CCTV footage showed him kissing an aide, has also worked at the Porton Down defence research laboratory, RAF bases, and a military bunker that would house…
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24 March 2021 | Ashley King | Digital Music News How much app privacy do you have with music streaming apps? Apple’s new privacy policy helps us find out. Apple’s new privacy policy forces app developers to disclose how much data they collect. It also must tell users what data is potentially shared with third-parties….
