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Clearview AI hit with its largest GDPR fine yet as Dutch regulator considers holding execs personally liable

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Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces

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Dutch regulator slaps Clearview AI with $33 million fine and threatens executive liability

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There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

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US facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined approximately $33.7M by the Netherland's data protection authority for breaching the European Union's General Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Releasing a statement on Tuesday, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) claimed that Clearview holds "an illegal database with billions of photos of faces," including Dutch citizens, which have been scraped from the internet without consent.

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The Dutch DPA continued by stating that Clearview had "seriously violated" the EU's GDPR "on several points," claiming that the company "should never have built the database" and has failed to stop regulatory violations or cooperate with requests for access.

The DPA also announced a further penalty of up to approximately $5.6M if the company failed to comply with EU regulations. Clearview's chief legal officer has claimed the company does not have business or customers in the Netherlands or the EU

Clearview was previously fined $22.1M each by French, Italian, and Greek regulatory authorities respectively in 2022 for illegally storing data via their facial recognition system.

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Clearview AI Fined $33 Million By Dutch Watchdog For ‘Illegal Database’ Supporting Facial Recognition

Clearview AI Fined $33 Million By Dutch Watchdog For ‘Illegal Database’ Supporting Facial Recognition

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Clearview AI Fined $33 Million By Dutch Watchdog For ‘Illegal Database’ Supporting Facial Recognition

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Hinton

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