Ukraine has started to use facial recognition technology based on the Clearview artificial intelligence system, which makes it possible to identify Russian soldiers in particular. The company offered the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense free access to its system.
Direct message to Russian citizens
Clearview stated that Ukraine can use this technology to reunite refugees with families, combat misinformation, scan checkpoints and identify bodies, and this technology is the other side of the war He did not submit it to Russia.
Clearview AI has been penalized from many countries
The head of Clearview noted that other Ukrainian government agencies are planning to start using this technology in the coming days. Clearview has access to more than 2 billion photos from the social network VKontakte, and its database has a total of more than 10 billion photos.
Clearview AI technology has been heavily criticized over the past few years. This month, Italy fined the company 20m euros and ordered the removal of images of Italian citizens. The UK suspended Clearview in November for violating data protection laws. Canada, Australia and France are also among the countries that ordered Clearview to remove images of their citizens.
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