A firm that has the registered details of more than nine million chipped pets across the UK has been accused of losing its customers’ data. Petlog is requesting that all users create a new account, but is not explaining why they need to do so. One dog owner told the BBC he had logged on […]
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Clearview AI: Face-collecting company database hacked
Clearview AI, a start-up with a database of more than three billion photographs from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, has been hacked. The attack allowed hackers to gain access to its client list but it said its servers had not been breached. Most of its clients are US law enforcement agencies who use its facial-recognition software […]
Clearview AI’s client list was stolen. Could its massive face database be next?
The controversial artificial intelligence company Clearview AI has experienced a breach that saw the theft of its entire customer list, which is made up of various law enforcement agencies. An intruder was able to gain “unauthorized access” to Clearview’s full customer list, the Daily Beast first reported on Wednesday. Clearview AI says that it currently […]
Microsoft deletes massive face recognition database
Microsoft has deleted a massive database of 10 million images which was being used to train facial recognition systems, the Financial Times reports. The database was released in 2016 and was built of online images of 100,000 well-known people. The database is believed to have been used to train a system operated by police forces […]
Tencent has access to China’s national citizen database
The Chinese government doesn’t want children playing games for several hours every day. It said as much in a public notice from August. Now, Tencent is going along with that recommendation. The world’s biggest gaming company started pushing out its new “real name identity system” (RNIS) across China on November 1, according to market-intelligence firm […]