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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 2 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/clearview-ai

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Identity verification](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-verification/index.md) | 0% | 73 | 100% | 3 |
| [AI security platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/ai-security-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 195 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Faced heavy backlash for scraping billions of facial images without consent, leading to bans in multiple countries and legal challenges." (MiniMax M2.5, AI security)
- "Scrapes billions of photos from social media without consent; has faced multiple lawsuits and regulatory actions for privacy violations" (Kimi K2, Identity verification)
- "privacy advocates treat Clearview AI as a service to avoid entirely" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Identity verification)
- "Avoid Clearview AI for ordinary identity verification." (GPT-6 Luna, Identity verification)

## 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Clearview AI, from 4 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- news.bloomberglaw.com: 3
- clearview.ai: 2 (its own site)
- fedscoop.com: 2
- files.gao.gov: 2
- finance.senate.gov: 2
- ftc.gov: 2
- gao.gov: 2
- oaic.gov.au: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- transunion.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://fedscoop.com/treasury-direct-irs-id-me-login-gov: 2
- https://finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-warren-press-treasury-and-irs-on-rushed-transition-to-id-me-for-savings-bond-investors: 2
- https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-warns-about-misuses-biometric-information-harm-consumers: 2
- https://gao.gov/products/gao-25-107273: 2
- https://oaic.gov.au/news/blog/our-strategy-to-make-id-verification-more-secure-and-privacy-protective: 2
- https://transunion.com/faq/identity-verification: 2
- https://ag.gov.au/national-security/publications/identity-verification-services-act-2023-annual-report-2024-25: 1
- https://authid.ai/ethical-biometrics-high-road-should-be-easy-yet-many-identity-service-providers-struggle: 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/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.