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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Kashmir Hill: Clearview AI, Facial Recognition Technology, and Threats to Our Privacy
Description: Are you one in a million? One in a billion? What if an app could pick you out of a crowd based on your face alone? New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that...