Japan Trials AI Facial Recognition
Tokyo installs AI cameras to find missing people, raising privacy concerns
A Tokyo ward has installed outdoor AI cameras with facial recognition capabilities to help locate missing children and elderly people, as reported by the South China Morning Post, raising concerns about public safety and privacy, similar to issues surrounding warrantless surveillance programs that have been under scrutiny lately. The use of facial recognition technology is becoming increasingly common, with organizations adopting multimodal biometrics in security and surveillance systems, and countries like India working on legislation such as the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill to regulate its use. Meanwhile, the UK Human Rights Blog has also been following the development of facial recognition technology, including its use in law enforcement.
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