Clearview AI wins a US patent for facial recognition technology that the company says is the first to cover a "search engine for faces" (Alexandra S. Levine/Politico)

Alexandra S. Levine / Politico:
Clearview AI wins a US patent for facial recognition technology that the company says is the first to cover a “search engine for faces”  —  The government is moving to award a lucrative patent for a “search engine for faces,” a technology that has members of Congress and privacy advocates up in arms.