Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

Clearview AI has developed and tested an experimental AI tool named InquiryIQ, designed to automate and expand upon the investigative work performed by law enforcement. This unreleased tool aims to take details from an initial Clearview facial recognition search and then autonomously scour the internet for further information. It analyzes webpages and images to build a profile of a subject, potentially including their employers, aliases, associates, and physical characteristics. The tool's interface suggests that providing demographic details like age, gender, and race can enhance its search capabilities. One of the AI models tested to power InquiryIQ is from SpaceXAI, the Elon Musk-backed company whose Grok chatbot has faced scrutiny for problematic outputs. Experts note that such tools could significantly accelerate police investigations but also lower the threshold for extensive data collection on individuals, potentially leading to less targeted scrutiny. Clearview emphasizes that InquiryIQ is a prototype, has not been released to customers, and is not planned for release in its current form, describing it as a limited automation of existing detective searches.