Facial Recognition
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Movies/Shows | Silicon Valley |
|---|---|
| Air date | April 22, 2018 |
| Previous episode | Tech Evangelist |
| Next episode | Artificial Emotional Intelligence |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2035699 |
About Facial Recognition
Overshadowed by Jared in an on-camera interview, Richard's confidence wavers further when Laurie and Monica force him to work with Eklow, a new artificial-intelligence company; Gavin questions his future beyond Hooli.
Shop owners hope that tech can deter thieves
... " We ve heard examples of businesses using Facial Recognition to prevent retail crimes, " says Tina McKenzie, Policy Chair of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), " but to many independent shop owners, this may seem like a luxury item - especially with soaring inflation and high interest rates...
Rise in shoplifting: ‘Her son was crying and hungry so she stole food'
... Shoplifting will soon be treated like organised crime as part of a Police have committed to attending more crime scenes and using Facial Recognition software to target offenders after retailers complained of a failure to tackle a rise in shoplifting...
Beyoncé's Cardiff gig crowd was scanned for paedophiles
...By Shelley PhelpsBBC NewsFacial Recognition was used on crowds attending a Beyoncé concert in Cardiff to scan for paedophiles and terrorists...
Rishi Sunak: AI firms cannot 'mark their own homework'
... Speaking ahead of the event in London, US Vice President Kamala Harris said that world leaders " must address the full spectrum of AI risks to humanity" and listed examples of faulty algorithms in healthcare, the use of AI in making " deepfakes" misinformation and biased Facial Recognition...
Police to treat shoplifting like organised crime
... Under the plan, police have committed to attend more crime scenes and use Facial Recognition to target offenders...
Supernova festival: How massacre unfolded from verified video and social media
... BBC Verify has pieced together the events of the weekend s festival bloodbath using video and social media posts that we have verified, and Facial Recognition technology...
AI facial recognition: Campaigners and MPs call for ban
...By Imran Rahman-Jones & Liv McMahonTechnology reporters, BBC NewsPolice and private companies should " immediately stop" the use of Facial Recognition surveillance, says a group of politicians and privacy campaigners...
Police access to passport photos 'risks public trust'
... " But civil liberties groups, who have already raised concerns about the existing use of Facial Recognition technology by the police, said using passport photos risks exacerbating them...
Chinese residents worry about rise of facial recognition
Some buses in Shanghai have had Facial Recognition systems fitted to them
A survey by a Beijing Research Institute indicates growing pushback against Facial Recognition in China.
Some 74% of respondents said they wanted the option to be able to use traditional ID methods over the tech to verify their identity.
Worries about the biometric data being hacked or otherwise leaked was the main concern cited by the 6,152 respondents.
Facial recognitions systems are being rolled out in stations, schools, and Shopping Centres across the country.
The survey, first, was released on Thursday by the Nandu Personal Information Protection Research Centre.
It has been described as being one of The First major studies of its kind into Public Opinion on the subject in Mainland China .
Some 80% of respondents said they were concerned that Facial Recognition system operators had lax security measures.
Separate research suggests that they have good reason to be concerned.
China was ranked the worst of 50 surveyed countries in a study looking at how extensively and invasively biometric ID and surveillance systems are being deployed. The Work was carried out.
It said China had no "specific law to protect citizens' biometrics" and highlighted a "lack of safeguards for employees in the workplace".
Some cities are deploying Facial Recognition systems at road crossings to identify and deter jaywalkers Surveillance concernsNandu's survey was carried out via The Internet between October and November.
In its sample, 57% of respondents voiced concern about their movements being tracked.
In addition, 84% of people said they wanted to be able to review the data that Facial Recognition systems had collected on them and to be able to request that it should be deleted.
The majority said they wanted an option to be able to use ID cards, driving licenses and/or passports as an alternative. But the survey also suggested that between 60 to 70% of Chinese residents believed Facial Recognition made public places safer.
Hard to avoidChina has more Facial Recognition cameras than any other country and they are often hard to avoid.
Earlier This Week , local reports said that Zhengzhou, the capital of the northeastern Henan province, had become The First Chinese city to roll the tech out across all its subway train stations.
Commuters can use the technology to automatically authorise payments instead of scanning a QR code on their phones. For now, it is a voluntary option,
Earlier this month, university professor Guo Bing announced he was for enforcing Facial Recognition .
Prof Guo, a season ticket holder at The Park , had used his fingerprint to enter for years, but was no longer able to do so.
The case was covered in the government-owned media, indicating that the Chinese Communist Party is willing for the private use of the technology to be discussed and debated by The Public .
But The State continues to make Some uses of the tech mandatory.
At the start of the month, a new regulation came into force that requires Mobile Phone subscribers to have their faces scanned when they sign a new contract with a provider.
The Authorities say The Move is designed to prevent the resale of Sim cards to help combat fraud.
But country-watchers have suggested it may also be used keep track of the population.
china, surveillance, facial recognition
Source of news: bbc.com
