Russia adopts Chinese style surveillance.
To try and get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic now sweeping Russia, the State is using a combination of AI facial recognition linked in real time to mobile phone tracking data … Read more
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EU at odds with “AI Wild West”
The European Commission intends to draw up new legislation to protect its citizens from AI. Likening AI to the “Wild West” they said they would concentrate on high risk areas. (Are they … Read more
City giant voices concerns over Chinese AI firm.
Goldman Sachs a joint sponsor of Megvii’s initial public offering (IPO) along with JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup is expressing its concerns over ‘recent developments’ associated with this Chinese AI company best … Read more
Huawei ‘heads-up’ CCTV facial recognition in Uganda.
According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Huawei is rolling out a major facial recognition CCTV system in Uganda. Apparently a burgeoning crime wave is making it very difficult … Read more
Facing up to recognition
In the West we are told we live in a surveillance society. Certainly in the UK there are cameras everywhere. Formerly they were connected to tape based security recording equipment which were … Read more
Muffins, Chihuahuas and AI
We have seen in the news that facial recognition has a problem differentiating between some muffins and Chihuahuas. A contending muffin could be characterised as having a sandy colour bun and three … Read more