In a rare admission, the Miami Police Department revealed it uses Clearview AI to investigate all manner of crimes, including everything from theft to murder. Assistant Chief of Police Armando Aguilar said the force has used the technology about 450 times per year. “We don’t make an arrest because an algorithm tells us to,” he told."We either put that name in a photographic line-up or we go about solving the case through traditional means.
Verifying that claim is difficult due to a lack of data and transparency around the use of facial recognition technology. For instance, in the recent, a Black man who was falsely accused of stealing in a state he had never visited, it’s unclear if police obtained the false match that led to the arrest using Clearview AI or MorphoTrak, a competing facial recognition system. Ton-That said wrongful arrests are the result of"poor policing.
In other news, 'around 3 billion photos are shared on Instagram every day.'
That’s almost 5 for every person on earth, creepy
not something to brag about..