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NYT: Billionaire with ties to St. Petersburg tested facial recognition app

John Catsimatidis, the billionaire who said St. Petersburg “needs a skyline,” tested Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition technology.
 
John Catsimatidis, the billionaire who said St. Petersburg “needs a skyline,” tested Clearview AI's controversial facial recognition technology both personally and at one of his New  York City grocery stores. Pictured is Catsimatidis at the headquarters of his company, Red Apple Group, in New York in 2017. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN   |   Times (2017)]
John Catsimatidis, the billionaire who said St. Petersburg “needs a skyline,” tested Clearview AI's controversial facial recognition technology both personally and at one of his New York City grocery stores. Pictured is Catsimatidis at the headquarters of his company, Red Apple Group, in New York in 2017. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times (2017)]