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Facial recognition

Clearview AI fined $33m for facial recognition image scraping

Clearview AI provides facial recognition services to law enforcement and other government agencies but, a Dutch data watchdog says its database of 30B images was built illegally. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) says…

By Eugene van der WattSep 4, 2024 · 3 min read

Ethics & Society

Facial recognition tech proliferates on both sides of the Atlantic

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has recently initiated a pilot program using AI to analyze police body-worn camera footage. Meanwhile, the UK is rolling out…

By Sam JeansOct 19, 2023 · 2 min read

Features

Predictive policing underdelivers on its goals and risks discrimination

Back in 1956, Philip K. Dick authored a novella titled “The Minority Report” that spun a web of a future where “precogs” could foresee crimes before…

By Sam JeansOct 12, 2023 · 7 min read