What is PimEyes?

PimEyes is an online facial recognition search engine launched in 2017 that allows users to search for photos that may contain a person's face, even if that photo does not contain the person's name. It works by using advanced artificial intelligence and face recognition technology to scan billions of images available publicly on websites and social media.

Users simply upload a photo of a face or provide a URL link to an image, and PimEyes will compare that facial image to its database of scraped images from across the internet. It will then provide the user links to any matching photos it finds that may contain the same face. This allows people to potentially discover photos that someone did not intentionally post or tag themselves in.

While PimEyes markets itself primarily as a tool for finding unauthorized uses of your personal photos online or tracking stalkers, its technology does raise potential privacy issues due to its facial recognition capabilities. There have been some concerns voiced over the ethics of companies scraping personal photos without direct consent. However, PimEyes states that its searches only access publicly available images.

PimEyes offers both free and paid subscription plans. Free accounts allow limited image searches, while paid accounts provide unlimited searches, advanced filters, reverse image searches, and priority support. As an AI/facial recognition-powered web image search utility, PimEyes provides technology that did not exist just a few years ago and represents innovations in applying AI to search image databases on the internet.

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