did the same, demanding clearview stop scraping pictures from their platform and delete any data taken. are you aiming to comply with twitter? >> our legal counsel has reached out to them and they're handling it accordingly, but there is also a first amendment right to public information. so the way we have built our system is to only take publicly available information and index it that way. >> reporter: clear view says more than 600 law enforcement agencies across the country use this software, but wouldn't say how many are free trial subscriptions. new jersey attorney general recently ordered state law enforcement agencies to temporarily stop using this technology until they learn more. what are your concerns with this technology? >> i'm not categorically opposed to facial recognition technology. i think used properly, it could help us solve criminal cases more quickly. it would help us apprehend child abuser, domestic terrorists. but what i am opposed to is the wide scale collection of biometric information and the use of it without proper safeguards by law enforcement. >> reporter

did the same, demanding clearview stop

here's correspondent brian menace. >> clearview ai is simply a search engine for faces. >> any facial wreck mission app which claims it can identify anyone with just a single image. it's designed just for long form ends. the chicago police department has signed up for a two-year trial. in fact, claim some long freshman agencies nationwide are already using it in thousands of cases, identifying shoplifters, murderers, and. >> cases where we have helped to identify children who have been the victim of trafficking >> instantly come 103 photos of my dell make me appear from everywhere on the internet. and i cover half my face and it still worked. clearview ai claims it has a database of more than 3 billion internet photos taken from various websites like google and the world's largest social media companies like facebook. companies which have since sent cease and desist orders to shutdown the app, claiming scripting peoples information violated their terms of service. a charge that is hypocritical. >> these are things that are out there on the internet, a lot of personal and private info

clearview ai, for those that don't know, ultimately has [ indiscernible ]. they scrape videos and photos and any images they find a people. they put in a giant database. there is an issue at this. they are scraping facebook, youtube, and places where people are sharing photos with friends and family. they are not expected to be added to a facial recognition database. facebook, google, and many others have given cease-and- desist orders saying, this is not cool. you cannot do this. one of the biggest problem is, if you make your account private where you delete a photo, it will be in the database. there is no way to get away from it. once it is online, it does live there forever. when it comes to this data breach, so clearview ai, they lost their entire database. this is 2900 law enforcement agencies. it did unveil a pretty surprising fact, when busby got a hold of the list. is a law enforcement agencies, some of them are paying for the service. some of them are on a trial basis. some of them, police officers, law enforcement officials, are using the database

. >>> bay area tech giants banding together to speak out against the new facial recognition app clearview ai. scrapes billions of photos off the internet and social media to help hundreds of police departments identify people within seconds. google and youtube have sent the company a cease and desist letter. the cofounder of clearview address concerns over whether or not his technology is too invasive. >>> received a letter in our counselors reached out to them and are handling it accordingly. there is a first amendment rights of public information. the way we have built our system is to only take public input available information and index it that way. >>> twitter a letter to clearview ai last month trying to ntblock the app from taking photos from its platform. >>> twitter will soon start removing tweets including manipulative videos or photos created to mislead people. these images are referred to as deep fakes. there edited to deceptively discredit or embarrassed political figures. twitter is the latest social media company along with facebook youtube and reddit to restrict controver

. >> clearview ai.>>this is a new facial recognition that can identify anyone with a single image, it's designed for law enforcement, they chicago police apartment has signed up for a two-year trial. in fact, they claim some 600 law enforcement agencies nationwide, are already using it identifying shoplifters, pedophiles and others. >> there's cases where we help to identify children that have been victims of sex trafficking. >>they claim the app is 99.6% accurate and we put it to the test. we uploaded an image of me, instantly, 103 of my photos appeared, with links from all over the internet. >> while this is an ap photo. >> and i covered half of my face. and it still worked. >> 24 matches with my hand over my face. >> clearview ai claims it has a database of over 3 billion internet photos, taken from various websites like google, and the world's largest social media companies like facebook. companies that have since cease and desist letter letters to's scrap the app. they said it violated their terms

>>startup called clearview ai is triggering fears about how far facial recognition technology can actually go start up developed an app that can find your face online almost instntly even if you delete photographs or change your ivacy settings reporter donie o'sullivan tested it out. >>oh my god or look like >>that's my face or a photo i haven't seen seconds by the facial recognition. thir view is basically a search engine. billions ofimages from sites d likefacebook twitter the use of facial recognition system claims more than 600 law enforcement agencies in the us and canada are using as though it's unclear how many have actually paid for are the stuff that photo me from cnn dot >>we're saying see pictures of that are not from that original this is from the medium tech giants aren't happy about this. they say it violates their terms of service and at ascend cease and desist letters this ai technology is looking at but it's looking a unique features solar's to ignore things a little bit like to be aired and feed in progress in the features a stay the same people's find this creepy. i can

facial recognition app is raising new concerns about privacy but the company that created the app, clearview ai, says it is being used by 600 law enforcement agencies nationwide and the designers say it can identify suspected criminals with one photo. it has a database with billions of images of people from millions of websites.>> not taking personal data and these are things out on the internet and there is a lot of personal and private information.>> last may the city of san francisco banned the use of facial recognition software because of privacy concerns in the cities of oakley or oakland and berkeley followed lead. >>> the san francisco mayor breed has vetoed funding that would save hundreds of classes at city college and city college administrators abruptly cut or that render classes for the spring semester because of ongoing budget problems and the mayor says the city money would only provide a short-term solution to the colleges long- term budget problems. >>> this fall high school classes in alameda will start 30 minutes later at a: 30 and alameda high school and junior and senior

clearview developmental center in southern california was being discussed as a possible option but the city of costa mesa filed a restraining order to prohibit use of that facility. the hearing will be held on monday at 2:00 p.m. >>> officials with the world health organization are headed to wuhan, china, who showed 97 additional deaths today and 648 additional cases. most of those are on mainland china. late today we learned of a fourth fatality in south korea and 120 new cases rising the country's total to 556, that is the highest death toll outside of china, with a fifth person who has died. >>> the place to spend almost $300 million for new helicopters designed to fight wildfires at night. california department of forestry and fire prevention will take delivery of 12 c roski helicopters each costing about $24 million. they can fly faster and carry more water than the current fleet, pilots will be equipped with night vision goggles to allow for the night flights. the addition will require more pilots to be trained here for that kind of flying. they are also gaining several former c-

one more note yesterday we reported the facial recognition company clearview ai said its the tire customer list is hacked. that is correct, but our banner erroneously said the company lost billions of photos. the company said the company list was stolen, not the photos. we apologize for that error. >>> a jungle cruise turned into a ride scare when a boat suddenly started taking on water. a passenger said the boat went from floating to sunk in about a minute. a disney spokesperson says everyone was able to get off the boat sifly and there were no injuries. the jungle river cruise is about 5 feet deep. >>> it is pay back literally. texas teacher stacey bailee was suspended after a parent complained about her, quote, promoting a homosexual agenda. why, bailee showed students a picture of her future wii. now a federal judge ruled her suspension was unconstitutional and she's been awarded a $100,000 settlement from the mansfield school district. and the district will provide mandatory training for counselors and staff in its schools. >> thanks to our international viewers for joining. have a gr

as for the lawsuit clearview ai, told us this morning they are committed to abiding by the law.hey take on this one company, this technology is going to go away. this technology is everywhere. a lot of people are developing it whether it's google or amazon or other small companies. brian. we seen this before we had data companies who are taking and screaming data from all of these social media companies. facial recognition is out there british google had in 2011 they stop because they felt like ethically they shouldn't move forward. when contact says i believe this is an apartment important tool for law enforcement. it is if it's in force to believe whether or not he will keep it for only law enforcement. i think there's another question other whether or not we want everybody to be able to identify anyone walking the street with a simple snap a photo. and if that kind of power belongs to one person, and one company. it. melissa: even if he doesn't sell it to the public, someone else will develop it and sell it to the public. sort of like the cat's out of the bag. it also with th

yesterday we reported the facial recognition company clearview ai said its entire customer list was hackedut our banner erroneously said the company lost, quote, billions of photos. the company says the customer list was stolen, not the photos. we apologize for that error. we'll be right back. ♪ tell her how you feel. ♪ cause there is no doubt: ♪ this love is real ooohh. take the leap, with our diamond price match guarantee. ♪ jared. a former army medic, made of the we maflexibility to handle members like kate. whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said... i got this. usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy. she can even pick her payment plan so it's easy on her budget and her life. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa t-mobile has the first and only, nationwide 5g network. and with it, you can shape the future. we've invested 30 billion dollars and built our new 5g network for businesses like yours. while some 5g signals only go a few blocks, t-mobile 5g go

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of a new lawsuit over fascinating facial recognition technology packets into the privacy issue, clearviewright now. you've been in the press a lot. a lot of it praising you and what you are doing and a lot of it condemning you saying what he's doing. are you invading people's privacy? >> we are a law enforcement tool that helps law enforcement solve crimes. the only searches publicly available so none of the imaging that we are searching of private images, that's one of the misconceptions. >> you are able with your software to look at all the social media sites. and be able to get images that you then can view with law enforcement if they are looking for something? >> typically, someone in law enforcement might have a photo from a bank or crime scene where a bank robbery hapten or a murderer and your stock. they upload the image into the web browser and we provide links to possible fleets. >> what say there's a robbery, you are able to upload that same image and draw down and put together a profile or series of other profiles? >> it's the beginning of an investigation. crimes against chil

the company created the app it is called clearview ai.eing used by law enforcement agencies across the country. designers:it can identify criminals with a single photo. the information comes from millions of wed sites. >> if they reject software saying it is invading privacy. >> this is something that is out there on the internet. google has information. they track where you go on the web. >> last night the city said the use of facial recognition software should not be used. >>> up next, bart making adjustments to schedules. we will take you live with how riders will be able to ride all the way into san francisco again for the first time in more than a year. >>> that and more coming up after the break. stay with us, we'll be right back. budget, i lead the charge. and for this multitasking number cruncher, time is money. so, no more chasing sales. because at floor and decor, i get rock-bottom prices on top-quality products. and with free in-store design services, i score expert advice and project planning. not like free with purchase eithe

. >> clearview ai is a facial recognition optics designed for law enforcement which can identify anyonephoto. the app is 96% accurate so we put it to the test. we ran my photo in the search engine and instantly, 103 results showed up. all photos of me with links all over the internet including in the background of someone else's photo. we then covered half of my face and it still recognized me. we even took a photo of my producer from a distance and it found him. founder one contact claim some 600 law enforcement agencies are already using the app. at the chicago police department confirms that signed up for a two-year trial. the manufacturer claims that that technology is helping and thousands of cases identifying shoplifters, murderers and. >> we believe what we are doing is in the public interest. there have been cases where we've helped identify children who have been victims of child sex trafficking. >> they claim to have a database of 3 billion internet photos taken from various websites and like google and the largest social media is like facebook who have all sent cease and desi

back, privacy problems, facebook sending a cease and desist order to facial recognition company clearview google, youtube and twitter reached out to the company which has come under fire for icing its technology on billions of people available public photos, police departments across north america have utilized clear view ai to identify people and actually solve problems, joining us right now technology analyst and executive editor pete, pete, great to see you, thanks for being here today. >> good morning. maria: did that company own those pictures or pictures that were out there wherever, google, out there on the internet that they used? is it legal to just use any pictures that you want in facial recognition infrastructure? >> well, seems pretty clear that it's the latter, they are just out there, they are doing what they are doing, scraping, google search and finding all the images all over the place and taking them and -- and duplicating them and putting them in their database, now, is it legal? well, that's a very, very good question and it probably varies by what county you're in an