Face scanner Clearview AI aims to branch out beyond police

Ton-That disclosed the plans on April 1, 2022, to The Associated Press to clarify a recent US federal court filing that suggested the company was up for sale. ‘We don’t have any plans to sell the company,’ he said. — AP

NEW YORK: A controversial face recognition company that’s built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and – most recently – the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.

Clearview AI co-founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That disclosed the plans Friday to The Associated Press in order to clarify a recent federal court filing that suggested the company was up for sale.