Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says
Clarifai deleted 3 million OkCupid photos used for facial recognition AI training amid FTC investigation.Summary
AI platform Clarifai has reportedly deleted 3 million photos provided by OkCupid for training its facial recognition AI, along with any models trained on that data. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigated this data sharing, which occurred in 2014 when OkCupid executives had invested in Clarifai. Despite OkCupid's privacy policies, user-uploaded photos and demographic data were shared. The FTC's investigation, prompted by a 2019 New York Times article, concluded with OkCupid and its parent company, Match Group, settling the lawsuit last month without admitting allegations but implying data access through Clarifai's deletion. While no fines were issued for this first offense, OkCupid and Match are now permanently prohibited from misrepresenting their data collection and sharing practices.
(Source：TechCrunch)