Biometrics match the innocent, US Congress asks questions

A U.S. senator is asking questions about how Clearview AI operates its facial recognition subscription service.

Ed Markey, a Democrat from the state of Massachusetts, yesterday sent 11 questions to Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That seeking greater transparency on topics like algorithm training and, more important right now, demographic data involved in client searches.

In the press release announcing his pop quiz, Markey mentions the arrest almost exactly a year ago of a Black man allegedly based only on Clearview's …

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