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05/18/2018 / By David Williams

Chinese fugitive arrested after being identified in concert crowd by facial recognition tech

Facial recognition technology is now being applied to all sorts of things. Recently, a fugitive was arrested for unspecified economic crimes in China through the use of this technology, but the interesting thing was that he was caught while he was in the middle of a crowded concert – meaning his face was scoped out despite […]

12/30/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Real life sci-fi: Minority Report-style security system in China called “Dragonfly Eye” uses AI to identify criminals using a massive facial recognition database

When moviegoers spent more than $132 million at the box office to watch Tom Cruise in the film Minority Report play the role of a futuristic police officer who utilized artificial intelligence (AI) technology to arrest individuals for committing “pre-crimes,” many of them probably had no idea that this dystopian concept would one day make […]

12/28/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Thousands VANISH in China as totalitarian far-left police state goes into overdrive (don’t let this happen in America)

The Xinjiang region of China is populated with approximately 10 million Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim population who are considered a threat by Chinese authorities. Over the past year, thousands of people from this demographic have been removed from their homes and sent to re-education camps in China. Their crimes include: Having extremist thoughts, praying, traveling, and […]

12/01/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

The next step in surveillance: “Smart” cameras violate your privacy in the form of AI dashcams for police, threat monitoring for retailers

For Vice President of Marketing of COBAN Technologies David Hinojosa, their new AI software is a “dashcam on steroids.” Such a description may elicit a smile or two but it does call to question just how rapidly we are transitioning to the virtual world. Many privacy and civil liberties activists believe that this new software […]

08/14/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Walmart to unveil face-monitoring video spy system that identifies unhappy customers in their stores

In a weird attempt to improve its customer relations, Walmart is developing a device equipped with facial recognition technology that would detect frustrated or unhappy shoppers in their stores. The software would be installed in the various cameras around the Walmart store and scan each customer’s face for any facial movement or expression that would […]

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