A secretive start-up promising the next generation of facial recognition software has compiled a database of images far bigger than anything ever constructed by the United States government: over three billion, it says. Is this technology a breakthrough for law enforcement — or the end of privacy as we know it?

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On today’s episode:

Kashmir Hill, a technology reporter for The New York Times.

Annie Brown, a producer on “The Daily.”

Background coverage:

Federal and state law enforcement officers are using one company’s app to make arrests in 49 states. So what is Clearview AI, and what influence does it hold?

Clearview’s app is being used by police to identify victims of child sexual abuse. Some question both the ethics and the accuracy of the results.

This episode of “The Daily” includes excerpts from the ABC News/WMUR Democratic presidential debate on Feb. 7, 2020 in New Hampshire, moderated by George Stephanopoulos, David Muir and Linsey Davis from ABC and Adam Sexton and Monica Hernandez from WMUR.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/facial-recognition-surveillance.html