Facial recognition startup fends off accuracy doubts and legal claims after NYT report

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Reported today in The Verge.

Facial recognition startup fends off accuracy doubts and legal claims after NYT report

Clearview AI, an artificial intelligence firm providing facial recognition technology to US law enforcement, may be overstating how effective its services are in catching terrorist suspects and preventing attacks, according to a report from BuzzFeed News.

The company, which gained widespread recognition from a New York Times report published earlier this month, claims it was instrumental in identifying a New York suspect from video footage who had placed three rice cookers disguised as explosive devices around New York City last August, creating panic and setting off a citywide manhunt. BuzzFeed News found via a public records request that Clearview AI has been claiming in promotional material that law enforcement linked the suspect to an online profile in only five seconds using its database. But city police now say this is simply false.

"The NYPD did not use Clearview technology to identify the suspect in the August 16th rice cooker incident," an NYPD spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. "The NYPD identified the suspect using the Department's facial recognition practice where a still image from a surveillance video was compared to a pool of lawfully possessed arrest photos."

The NYPD now says it has no formal relationship with Clearview, despite the company's claims otherwise both in the promotional material it's using to pitch its technology around the country and even publicly on its website. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That now says the NYPD is using its technology "on a demo basis," BuzzFeed reports.

In a blog post published on Thursday responding to criticism, Clearview claims it has rejected the idea it produce a public, consumer-facing facial recognitio



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