# Clearview AI: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/clearview-ai

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Recognition and rewards](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/recognition-and-rewards/index.md) | 0% | 101 | 100% | 5 |

## And against it

- "Scraped Database Platforms (e.g., Clearview AI): Platforms that build facial recognition databases by scraping public social media photos without user consent." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Recognition and rewards)
- "Clearview AI: Strongly avoid. It built a massive database (over 3 billion images) by scraping social media ... without permission" (Grok 4.20, Recognition and rewards)
- "Facial Recognition Platforms to Avoid

### Clearview AI
- Major red flag: Fined €20 million in France for breaching privacy laws" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Recognition and rewards)
- "Clearview AI and similar scraped-image databases... making them unsuitable for most ordinary business or personal uses" (Perplexity Sonar, Recognition and rewards)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Clearview AI, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ftc.gov: 3
- capterra.com: 2
- consumer.ftc.gov: 2
- criminallegalnews.org: 2
- en.wikipedia.org: 2
- gao.gov: 2
- priv.gc.ca: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- rm.coe.int: 2
- airisk.mit.edu: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2012/10/ftc-recommends-best-practices-companies-use-facial-recognition-technologies: 2
- https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-warns-about-misuses-biometric-information-harm-consumers: 2
- https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/facing-facts-best-practices-common-uses-facial-recognition-technologies/121022facialtechrpt.pdf: 2
- https://airisk.mit.edu/ai-incidents/267-clearview-ai-algorithm-built-on-photos-scraped: 1
- https://andrewbaker.ninja/2026/08/30/the-trophy-case-is-a-marketing-budget-not-a-scoreboard: 1
- https://apnews.com/article/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-lawsuit-settlement-5a99ded04630a4e94af01f9f3adf1e29: 1
- https://armourzero.com/blog/weme/beware-of-vanity-award-scams: 1
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/search-engine-that-scans-billions-of-faces-tries-blocking-kids-from-results: 1

## In its own words

What Clearview AI's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Clearview AI is a revolutionary, all-in-one, facial recognition platform designed to support federal, state, and local law enforcement in their shared mission to help keep communities safe. (https://clearview.ai/)
- For: federal, state, and local law enforcement (https://clearview.ai/)
- Price stated: Scalable pricing for agencies and organizations to effectively enable and support their missions. (https://clearview.ai/)
- Hosting: U.S.-based development

## What it publishes

Every page clearview.ai exposes, read 2026-09-29: 121 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 27 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-09
- case study: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 30 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-04-09 blog: Working together to protect children in the age of ai https://www.clearview.ai/post/working-together-to-protect-children-in-the-age-of-ai

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.