Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

Land of a Billion Faces

Land of a Billion Faces

FromIn Machines We Trust


Land of a Billion Faces

FromIn Machines We Trust

ratings:
Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Aug 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Clearview AI has built one of the most comprehensive databases of people’s faces in the world. Your picture is probably in there (our host Jennifer Strong’s was). In the second of a four-part series on facial recognition, we meet the CEO of the controversial company who tells us our future is filled with face recognition—regardless of whether it's regulated or not.

We meet: 
Hoan Ton-That, Clearview AI 
Alexa Daniels-Shpall, Police Executive Research Forum 

Credits: 
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, with Tate Ryan-Mosely and Emma Cillekens, with special thanks to Karen Hao and Benji Rosen. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield. Our technical director is Jacob Gorski.
Released:
Aug 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (83)

A podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive decisions.