How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people's faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) 10-09-2023

Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people’s faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes — Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things.