Clarifai Deletes 3M OkCupid User Photos Shared Without Consent

Clarifai, a company specializing in AI facial recognition, has removed three million user images from dating app OkCupid without obtaining permission. This action stemmed from a 2014 request by Clarifai's founder, Matthew Zeiler, to OkCupid co-founder Maxwell Krohn for user photos to enhance algorithm training. The FTC stated that OkCupid breached its privacy policy and federal regulations. Earlier this month, Match Group, the parent company of OkCupid, resolved an FTC lawsuit, which included a ban on misrepresenting data practices but did not involve any fines. On April 7, Clarifai informed the FTC about the deletion of the data and the associated models. U.S. Representative Lori Trahan expressed her disapproval of the FTC's settlement, while some Democrats deemed it inadequate. Neither OkCupid nor Match admitted to any wrongdoing. In a separate development, Tinder is experimenting with an AI feature for selecting photos.