Clearview AI is bringing glasses with facial recognition to the Air Force. Meanwhile, it’s selling to the FBI and ICE, despite concerns over the technology.Clearview AI, the facial recognition company backed by Facebook and Palantir investor Peter Thiel, has been contracted to provide the U.S. Air Force with augmented reality glasses combined with facial recognition.
The contract with the Air Force is just $50,000 and promises to help protect “airfields with augmented reality facial recognition glasses.” From the contracting records, first highlighted by Jack Poulson from technology industry accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry, there’s little more information on just how many pairs of glasses will be provided or how they will be used.
“Since September, the Biden Administration’s ICE has more than doubled spending on Clearview AI, the FBI has publicly procured Clearview AI for the first time, the USPTO granted Clearview’s patent for augmented reality facial recognition, and now the company has a small business grant with the Air Force for augmented reality,” Poulson told, highlighting how successful Ton-That’s business has been, even with the negative press surrounding its collection of citizens’ facial images.
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