CEO of Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition startup, has resigned
Both men have a long history in Republican politics. Lambert’s investment firm, Point Bridge Capital, is best-known for launching the MAGA ETF in 2017, which invests in corporations supportive of Republican candidates. Meanwhile, Schwartz served as a senior advisor to Rudy Giuliani during his tenure as mayor of New York City.
CEO of Clearview AI, the startup that scraped billions of online face images, resigns
Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition startup, named Hal Lambert and Richard Schwartz co-CEOs as Hoan Ton-That resigns.
Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That resigns.
According to Forbes reporter David Jeans, the problem isn’t that it’s a facial recognition surveillance company with a database of pictures scraped from social media without permission and representing the end of privacy and drawing attention from regulators.
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