How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans | MIT Technology Review
How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans | MIT Technology Review
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How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans
Adoption of the tech has civil liberties advocates alarmed, especially as the government vows to expand surveillance of protesters and students.
Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.