Use of Clearview AI by Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

Use of Clearview AI by Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
Deployment Start Date
Deployment End Date
Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (13 March 2022, Documented, , No description)
City	Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Involved Entities
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Technology Deployed	Clearview AI (Software)
Information Certainty	Documented
Primary sources	1
Datasets Used	VKontakte pictures
Deployment Type	Access Control, Refugee Identification, War Operations
runs search software
managed by	Clearview AI
used by	Ministry of Defense (Ukraine)
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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Access Control, Refugee Identification, War Operations

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Products and Institutions:

Product Deployed	Clearview AI (Software)
Institutions ⠉	Clearview AI
Datasets	VKontakte pictures
Search software

Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (13 March 2022, Documented, , No description)
Start Date
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Involved Entities
Managed by	Clearview AI
Used by	Ministry of Defense (Ukraine)

Location:

City	Kyiv
Country ⠉	Ukraine

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Ukraine is receiving free access to Clearview AI’s powerful search engine for faces, letting authorities potentially vet people of interest at checkpoints, among other uses, added Lee Wolosky, an adviser to Clearview and former diplomat under U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

The Clearview founder said his startup had more than 2 billion images from the Russian social media service VKontakte at its disposal, out of a database of over 10 billion photos total. read more

That database can help Ukraine identify the dead more easily than trying to match fingerprints and works even if there is facial damage, Ton-That wrote.

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Ton-That's letter also said Clearview's technology could be used to reunite refugees separated from their families, identify Russian operatives and help the government debunk false social media posts related to the war.

The exact purpose for which Ukraine's defence ministry is using the technology is unclear, Ton-That said. Other parts of Ukraine's government are expected to deploy Clearview in the coming days, he and Wolosky said. 1

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