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A Baton Rouge detective secured an arrest warrant for Randal Reid in Georgia based on a hit from his office’s facial recognition software, but Reid claims to have never even visited Louisiana.
The FBI identified dozens of shady, illegitimate election websites designed to look like authentic ones that could be used to interfere in elections in 2020.
Many residents expressed concerns about the potential for privacy and civil rights violations, despite promised bans on harassment, intimidation and random surveillance.
“Much of the technology that’s being built is disproportionately designed to make it easier to arrest and incarcerate,” said Justice Text co-founder Devshi Mehrotra. “We wanted to do something to help our community.”
Taser-maker Axon Enterprise Inc. is halting work on a project to equip drones with stun guns to combat mass shootings after nine members of its AI ethics board announced they were resigning.
According to new information, investigations have already used evidence from autonomous cars “several times” suggesting it’s a standard investigative tool. Privacy advocates say the use of autonomous vehicle footage is a cause for alarm.
An advisory laid out a series of red flags that employers should watch for, including a refusal to participate in video calls and requests to receive payments in virtual currency.
According to a groundbreaking investigative report published by Buzzfeed News, nearly 2,000 law enforcement and government agencies have been caught using facial recognition software, sometimes without training or oversight.