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The Clearview AI Controversy Breakdown

  Imagine someone being able to take your photo, and learn all your personal information. Scary right? This has to be impossible? In this day in age, something like this is possible through the company, Clearview AI.   As of recent, the tech startup, Clearview AI has been in the hot seat as far as data privacy goes. Why you may ask? Well, we will get into that in a little bit. First, let’s take a look at who Clearview AI is.   Who is Clearview AI? To begin, Clearview AI is a privately held, US based, facial recognition software company. The software they created is, in their words, “a… Read More

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Instagram is now using AI to help stop bullying on their app. But will it work?

  One can’t help but notice the increase of cyber bullying due to the various, ever present social media platforms. But now, Instagram is integrating a new tool to help fight through the negative comments.     Platform Positivity Earlier this year, Instagram released a statement promising their support in the fight against bullying, especially on their platform.  Instagram is, “an American photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010.” (via Wikipedia). Millions of photo and video posts supply the app on a daily basis for followers to view, comment and like. But, with such… Read More

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