The Guardian
Police got several matches during trial in London borough – but where some see progress on crime, others see violation of privacy AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn Shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition How does live facial recognition work? It happened in a flash outside Barclays in Croydon town centre. A digital trap snapped shut around one of Britain’s thousands of wanted criminals. In little over a minute, a combination of high-definition cameras, automated AI face scanning and half a dozen police officers had run a wanted man to ground. After the handcuffs clicked shut, the Metropolitan police’s controversial live facial recognition (LFR) cameras had chalked up another arrest: the fifth in 45 minutes on a regular Thursday morning. Continue reading...
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