France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered

Clearview AI came under fire for scraping billions of selfies off the Internet to sell facial recognition services to law enforcement. France’s privacy watchdog said that the company has breached Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and France has now ordered Clearview AI to delete its database. So far, Clearview AI has reportedly gathered around… Continue reading France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered

Scottish Isle using facial recognition software to track puffins

If I were to say ‘facial recognition software’ to you, you’d be forgiven for immediately thinking about social media companies, governments keeping tabs on their citizens, and general Big-Brother-esque scenarios. But this is a story of a slightly more unusual use of the AI: counting not sheep, but puffins. The Isle of May is a… Continue reading Scottish Isle using facial recognition software to track puffins