Clearview reveals biometric presentation attack detection feature, talks training and testing

A new presentation attack detection feature has been added to the Clearview Consent API from Clearview AI to allow developers to build spoof detection into identity verification solutions. Clearview Consent was launched just months ago to bring the company's facial recognition algorithms to a whole new set of use cases as a selfie biometrics tool, and the addition of presentation attack detection capabilities is the next step in its development, according to the people who made it. Clearview considered a range of approaches, and CEO Hoan Ton-That points out that developers do not typically have access to the specialized hardware behind device-based 3D biometric systems. Early engagement with Clearview Consent customers has yielded some insights into how businesses and developers plan to use it, which not only convinced the company to pursue liveness detection based on 2D images, but also imagine a range of applications. "We're looking at passive liveness video too, but some vendors have told us'We have these old profiles, and we want to find out how many of them are deepfakes and how many are presentation attacks," Clearview Ton-That tells Biometric Update in an interview.