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    NASA Caught Purchasing Controversial AI Surveillance Software

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    1. katxwoods on

      Submission statement: According to [documents](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25556750-nasa-clearview-ai-contract/?ref=404media.co) obtained by *404 Media*, NASA sent out a purchase order for a one-year license to use Clearview AI, an extremely controversial tech startup which has previously been accused of fostering a privacy “nightmare scenario.”

      Clearview’s value proposition is basically to scrape [billions of photos](https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-30-billion-facebook-photos-cops-facial-id) from Facebook, Google, and Twitter — without anybody’s consent — and then charge cops to use all that private data to help identify “suspects.” (As if that wasn’t bad enough, its flawed system has also landed [at least one innocent man in jail](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrests.html).)

    2. katxwoods on

      Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

      Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus

    3. AMRETSMOMMY on

      how else will they recognize the aliens that some mid-west farmer swears he saw ?

    4. username_elephant on

      “It’s entirely possible that NASA bought the license as a trial run for its on-site security. The space agency holds details of its security efforts very close to its chest, though we know they’re pretty serious about keeping their facilities locked down”

      Saved you a click.

    5. Devincc on

      I wonder if they thought doing this was cheaper than going straight to the feds first