http://newstatesman.i2p/culture/books/2024/11/best-books-year-2024
Anjana Ahuja Two books show science and technology in their best and worst lights. First, the dark: by scraping pictures off the web, Clearview AI developed facial-recognition tools that are now used by law enforcement and oppressive political regimes. In the chilling Your Face Belongs to Us (in paperback from Simon & Schuster) , Kashmir Hill delves into the firm’s backstory, meets its oddball founder, and advocates a fightback against the loss of privacy.