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October 29, 2024 35 mins

In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology. 

Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down criminals. But is there a catch?

A series of legal disputes around the world are among the most stark and alarming of our time.

Show Notes

Guest: Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne (Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics)

Update: Since recording, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released this Statement on Clearview AI (21 August 2024).

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir Hill (The New York Times, 18 January 2020)

Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy: Statement by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (3 November 2021)

ACLU v. Clearview AI case summary (American Civil Liberties Union, 11 May 2022)

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit (AP News, 22 June 2024)



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