aiethics
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UK Police Trial Mobile Fingerprint Scanners Linked To Criminal And Immigration Databases
Police in West Yorkshire, England are rolling out mobile fingerprint scanners to instantly identify criminal suspects and people “experiencing a medical emergency”. Two hundred and fifty mobile devices are being deployed in West Yorkshire, and the British government says the tech will come to 20 police departments across the country by the end of this…
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China’s Dystopian Police State Arms Cops With Smart Glasses To Scan Everyone’s Faces
Chinese police have begun using glasses equipped with facial recognition-enabled cameras to spot fugitives travelling through train stations. Though Chinese police have said the glasses will spot people using fake IDs or travelling to avoid a warrant, many are concerned about China using the tech to target political advocates and minorities. China has been accused…
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Google Has Made It Simple For Anyone To Tap Into Its Image Recognition AI
Google released a new AI tool today designed to let anyone train its machine learning systems on a photo dataset of their choosing. The software is called Cloud AutoML Vision. In an accompanying blog post, the chief scientist of Google’s Cloud AI division explains how the software can help users without machine learning backgrounds harness…
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US Homeland Security’s Airport Facial Scans Are Buggy And Possibly Illegal, Report Finds
According to a new report by surveillance law researchers, the US Department of Homeland Security’s $US1 billion “Biometric Exit Program,” which requires travellers submit to face recognition scans, may violate US federal law. Starting in June, several airports began mandating face scans at boarding gates for some international flights. The DHS has argued the program…