We contacted Clearview about the presentation and received a short statement from Clearview founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That. Clearview 'wants to expand beyond scanning faces for the police, saying in the presentation that it could monitor 'gig economy' workers and is researching a number of new technologies that could identify someone based on how they walk, detect their location from a photo or scan their fingerprints from afar,' the Post wrote. The increase in photos could be paired with an expanded business model. Clearview has argued its data collection is protected by the First Amendment.' Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube have demanded the company stop taking photos from their sites and delete any that were previously taken. With $50 million from investors, the company said, it could bulk up its data collection powers to 100 billion photos, build new products, expand its international sales team and pay more toward lobbying government policymakers to 'develop favorable regulation.' Clearview collects photos from InternetĪs the Post noted, 'Clearview has built its database by taking images from social networks and other online sources without the consent of the websites or the people who were photographed. The company said that its 'index of faces' has grown from 3 billion images to more than 10 billion since early 2020 and that its data collection system now ingests 1.5 billion images a month. Clearview told investors it needs another $50 million to hit its goal of 100 billion photos, the Post reported: However, the presentation said that Clearview has already racked up 10 billion images and is adding 1.5 billion images a month, the Post wrote. The December presentation was part of an effort to obtain new funding from investors, so 100 billion facial images is more of a goal than a firm plan. There are an estimated 7.9 billion people on the planet. 'Clearview AI is telling investors it is on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year, enough to ensure 'almost everyone in the world will be identifiable,' according to a financial presentation from December obtained by The Washington Post,' the Post reported today. The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI reportedly told investors that it aims to collect 100 billion photos-supposedly enough to ensure that almost every human will be in its database.

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