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While RAG-based search engines can help summarize someone's online presence, they have significant limitations. When multiple people share the same name, these engines often mix their information together, creating inaccurate profiles. Ev",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":59,"motivation":71,"time_to_build":75,"stack":76,"openness":83,"stage":84,"team_size":83},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Researching individuals is slow, and name-based search mixes up people who share names","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",{"value":56,"source":51,"evidence":57},"HR screeners, sales and outreach researchers",[58],{"id":54},{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Free plan exists","commenter",[63,67],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"42198028","bottom999mottob","So I tried to search myself just to see how terrible\u002Fawesome this product is. On attempting to use the free plan: Error: Failed to subscribe to the plan. You ran out of credits.…",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"42214765","NaolGBasaye","I tried signing up for the free version, but I keep getting an error toast.",{"value":72,"source":51,"evidence":73},"Make researching individuals faster and more accurate than RAG-based search",[74],{"id":54},null,[77],{"value":78,"source":51,"evidence":79},"Bing search API",[80],{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},"42198341","It's just the Bing search API under the hood. The process is: Query -> Crawl -> Categorize profiles.","unknown","beta",{"praise":86,"objections":98,"requests":148,"questions":161,"alternatives":181},[87],{"value":88,"source":61,"evidence":89},"Novel idea and solid product",[90,94],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"42199837","popalchemist","Though novel, this is pretty unethical.",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"42200138","georgehill","Pretty solid product but you definitely need to check your face recognition feature, whether it complies with laws.",[99,117,135],{"value":100,"source":61,"evidence":101},"Biometric and face recognition processing may be illegal (GDPR, Illinois BIPA)",[102,106,110,114],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"42196682","cosmotic","Using biometric data without permission may be illegal. Facebook was sued in Illinois over this.",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"42194496","matteason","How much have you investigated the legality of this? In the EU biometric data is 'special category data' under the GDPR [0] and can only be processed in very limited…",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"42196892","josefritzishere","100% this is illegal in Illinois. They have specific biometric data protections. Probably also a crime elsewhere.",{"id":115,"by":108,"text":116},"42195248","You might want to look up Clearview AI, who also took publicly available images, performed biometric recognition on them and ended up with a €30.5 million fine:…",{"value":118,"source":61,"evidence":119},"Seen as enabling stalking and profiling people by appearance",[120,124,128,132],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"42196606","sfmz","I think you need a FAQ. In the FAQ you could explain how its not going to be a useful tool for stalkers because that's where my mind goes, maybe I watch too many DateLines.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"42196396","dgfitz","> The Problem: Researching individuals - whether for hiring or personalizing outreach So you're helping people profile others based on how they look? Aren't we trying to move…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"42207406","pimlottc","“Researching individuals for personalized outreach” is the creepiest sentence I’ve read this month",{"id":133,"by":112,"text":134},"42196855","This product is moderately terrifying. I hope it's illegal to be honest.",{"value":136,"source":61,"evidence":137},"Signup and search fail with out-of-credits errors",[138,142,146,147],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"42213126","TudorAndrei","I have tried to use it, but as soon as I search for someone after log-in, it says that I ran out of credits.",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"42202881","pogue","I tried the first link in the demo & it immediately just said I was out of credits. Brave Browser on Android.",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},[149,153],{"value":150,"source":61,"evidence":151},"Add a FAQ explaining privacy and misuse limits",[152],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},{"value":154,"source":61,"evidence":155},"Check legal compliance for face recognition",[156,157],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"42196642","mathgeek","You should definitely find out if you are breaking any laws.",[162,173],{"value":163,"source":61,"evidence":164},"How is the data harvested and is it accurate?",[165,169],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"42198332","connor11528","how are you harvesting all this data?",{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"42196443","clueless","doesn't seem to be doing that. 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