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Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says

TechCrunch AI Amanda Silberling April 21, 2026
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says
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# What Happened A facial recognition company called Clarifai deleted 3 million photos it had obtained from dating app OkCupid after being forced to do so by the Federal Trade Commission. The photos had been used to train Clarifai's facial recognition technology without users knowing their dating profiles would be used this way. This settlement shows regulators are cracking down on companies that share personal data—like your photos—without clear permission.

The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid — whose executives had invested in Clarifai — to share data in 2014, according to court documents.

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