Europe’s new biometric border wants four fingerprints from American visitors. Many of them would prefer to give it one particular finger instead. The Entry/Exit System was declared fully operational on April 10, before the Summer crowds arrived and began testing what “fully operational” meant. Now airports are packed, connections are tight and older travelers are spending the opening minutes of their vacation trying to persuade a kiosk that they still possess fingerprints. Under EES, passport stamps give way to facial images, fingerprints and digital travel records. The rules apply to Americans and other non-European visitors making short stays in the Schengen area. On their first crossing, travelers register their passport details, face and fingerprints. Later checks are supposed to be faster because the information is already stored. The database also records entries and exits and identifies possible overstays, taking over from the passport stamp, which was administratively imprecise but at least made a decent souvenir. The strain is most visible at the registration kiosks. A 72-year-old woman told Connexion France that she tried five times to register her fingerprints at Rome Fiumicino before being sent to a long line for an officer. A new report published Sunday describes similar trouble involving elderly and visually impaired passengers, along with three-hour queues and entries or exits going unrecorded. Some travelers were left wondering whether the database now regarded them as overstayers. The fingerprint failures themselves are no mystery. NIST research has found that age affects fingerprint image quality, with older people more likely to produce borderline-quality prints. Moisture and occupation can also affect a sensor’s ability to capture a usable image. Scars and years of manual work can make prints harder to capture, which is why older people may need several attempts to produce a usable image. The kiosk merely decides whether
Aug 24, 2026 · via floridapolitics.com
Hershey is using AI to strategize for s’mores season The Hershey Company has started using new AI tools to maximize sales of s’mores ingredients in stores — including its own chocolates, as well as marshmallows and graham crackers. This year, the company started using a new proprietary AI tool developed in-house that uses computer vision and augmented reality to identify where to place s’mores displays in stores and determine how they perform based on consumer data, according to Stephanie Berman, vp of retail at The Hershey Company. Hershey also started using AI this year in its marketing-mix model to better understand real-time consumer data. “The big thing for us as we look at AI: It’s been about real-time data, it’s been about getting closer to the consumer in more real time, and it’s about partnering with our retailers on how we see the consumer behaving, so that we can iterate faster and more meaningfully with the consumer,” Berman said. “It’s all about real-time data, faster decisions and then optimization, both in-store and online.” S’mores-related sales of Hershey products have grown in the double digits year over year to date, the company said. Hershey estimates that s’mores generate $200 million to $250 million in overall sales during its peak season, roughly from Easter through Labor Day. Hershey’s sales performance was also helped by the new, limited-time-only caramel Hershey’s chocolate bar, which may inspire similar product launches next year. “We’re going to look at what that may mean for 2027 with emerging trends in the s’mores occasion, and then what may be the right proposition, knowing the success we had with our caramel item,” Berman said. Circana merchandising data shows that sales of marshmallows and graham crackers increase most around major summer holidays such as Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day,
Aug 24, 2026 · via modernretail.co
How has AI and tech changed your life? Australians share their stories — as it happened Technology is creeping into every facet of our lives. Whether it is for better or for worse is in the eye of the beholder, but it is certainly here to stay. Australians are grappling with the prospect of AI replacing jobs, breaching privacy, and creating misinformation and digital exclusion, while also developing technology designed to make everyday tasks easier. We heard your stories and experiences in our live blog below, plus put your questions to Curtin University cybersecurity expert Mihai Lazarescu and the ABC's AI reporter Cam Wilson. Live updates New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Thanks for being with us That's where we'll wrap up today's blog. Thanks for taking part! We received a huge number of comments and questions and while we haven't been able to get to them all, we really appreciate you sending them in. There's plenty more to unpack on these issues, so stay tuned to the ABC News website, where we'll continue to navigate these stormy seas together. Loading Poll results so far! We're about to wrap up our live blog for today. But let's take a moment to tally the poll votes, all 7.4k of them! What do you see as the biggest threat to you or your family? - 29% - AI replacing jobs - 20% - misinformation or deepfakes - 20% - privacy breaches - 13% - online or email scams - 10% - digital exclusion - 8% - data centres Are there environmental guardrails in place for data centres? My main concern with AI at the moment is the environmental impact of data centres that AI use. The ongoing resource demand of data centres for electricity and water risk
Aug 24, 2026 · via abc.net.au
Why is the 1-megapixel camera the most important component for Apple's AI? A few days ago, MacRumors unearthed a pre-made Apple promotional video directly from macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC: you wear AirPods, pick up a book, Visual Intelligence identifies the book title, and then Siri is asked to save it. The product code name in the video is B790. According to Mark Gurman, it was already on Apple's 2026 product roadmap, and the subsequent mass production version B798 will not be released until 2027. The recently unearthed system code also lets us see for the first time exactly how these headphones "see". The most interesting part is a seemingly underwhelming parameter: The camera on AirPods only has 1 megapixel. Photo | WIRED At a time when the mobile phone industry is already discussing 200-megapixel sensors and 8K video, the camera Apple prepared for its future AI hardware may actually capture images at a resolution as low as 320×320. It is obviously not designed for taking photos. Why does the camera on AirPods only have 1 megapixel? Judging from the currently unearthed code, this camera system has at least two working modes. In active mode, the camera can capture 640×640 images, with a maximum output of 1024×1024 after processing. In passive mode, it captures 320×320 images, and outputs 320×320 or 512×512 images. The code shows that the left and right AirPods can capture RGB still images synchronously, align the two perspectives through the same Frame ID, and then continuously collect data at a certain frequency for Visual Intelligence to process. The system processes ambient audio, changes in surrounding sounds, posture and head rotation information at the same time; the two cameras need to be calibrated, and the camera and motion sensors also need to be calibrated. If the head movement is
Aug 24, 2026 · via eu.36kr.com
A police officer uses the Flock Safety license plate reader system. Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents' personal information amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, but a growing number of conservative lawmakers also want to curb the use of surveillance technologies. Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith told county supervisors that the Sheriff’s Office’s use of Flock traffic cameras complies with current constitutional protections, while acknowledging that broader tracking or future facial-recognition capabilities could raise different legal questions. Smith presented his office’s legal assessment to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors last week after members of the public raised questions about the cameras and their constitutionality with at least one supervisor. County Attorney Matt Smith got it right. The Board should quit treating license-plate cameras like a secret-police plot. These readers photograph license plates on public roads. That is not a bedroom or a phone in your pocket. It is a number the state already requires you to display. Smith’s office reviewed the law and said the Sheriff’s current use — no facial recognition, no round-the-clock tracking of regular drivers, and logged access for real investigations — meets the Constitution. That is the County Attorney’s job. He did it. Supervisor Gould’s “surveillance state” line sounds dictatorial until you read Smith’s limits: deputies are not watching every car, the system is not stalking people across the country, and the data is not a free-for-all. Courts have treated public-road license plate hits as legal. They have also said the analysis can change if government compiles long travel histories or adds face-ID. Smith said that out loud. That is an honest legal line, not a cover-up. Want accountability? Audit the logins. Punish misuse. Keep vendors from selling the data. Arizona already moved on third-party sharing. None of that requires
Aug 23, 2026 · via havasunews.com
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Aug 23, 2026 · via facebook.com
Table of Contents If you’re ready to dip your toes into the world of AI chatbots, ChatGPT and Claude are two of the best to start with. Both stand out for their impressive response quality and ease of use, though they are more different than you might realize. ChatGPT, for example, can generate images, while Claude can build HTML-based visualizations. But that's far from everything that makes them unique. I’ve spent a lot of time testing both chatbots, and here, I compare them across a variety of key categories, from pricing to privacy, to help you choose the best one for your needs. Full Specs | ChatGPT | Claude | | |---|---|---| | Free Version | | | | Free Version | | | | AI Model | | | | AI Model | GPT-5.6 | Fable 5, Haiku 4.5, Opus 5, and Sonnet 5 | | Cites Sources | | | | Cites Sources | | | | Ability to Browse Web | | | | Ability to Browse Web | | | | Can Resume Prior Conversations | | | | Can Resume Prior Conversations | | | | Image Generator | | | | Image Generator | | | Price: Similar Costs, But ChatGPT Starts Cheaper Both ChatGPT and Claude have free and paid versions. Free versions limit your access to features, models, and usage, while paid versions start at $8 per month for ChatGPT Go and $17 per month (billed annually) for Claude Pro. ChatGPT offers more features for free, including access to deep research. Moreover, both its free and paid versions have features that Claude doesn’t support at all, such as image generation. However, Claude also has some unique features, such as Claude Design (available on its Pro plan), which can generate designs, prototypes, slides,
Aug 23, 2026 · via pcmag.com
The country needs to find a “compromise” between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley. “When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise,” Langley said during a recent interview with Fox News. “How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?” Langley’s Fox News appearance was just the latest interview he’s given as the company faces a growing public outcry around concerns that Flock’s surveillance cameras, drones, and license plate recognition technology could be misused. These concerns aren’t just hypothetical. The Washington Post recently identified 46 cases where police officers have been accused of using Flock technology for unauthorized purposes, including to stalk their wives, girlfriends, or exes. After listening to an interview with one of the alleged victims, Langley told CBS News, “I apologize. It kills me that she went through that.” At the same time, he insisted, “I don’t think that Flock created police abuse. I think we’re the first company to ever shine a light on it and build the tools to find it.” Just as the data center backlash has become a potent issue on both the left and the right, both Democratic and Republican politicians have begun to take aim at Flock. On the left, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed recently accused his opponent Mike Rogers of supporting “this mass proliferation of Flock cameras, any and everywhere, watching your every move to collect information without you even noticing.” And Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders posted, “STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE. STOP FLOCK.” On the right, three House Republicans recently introduced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from purchasing automated surveillance systems that use facial recognition, biometric IDs, or license
Aug 23, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
China is driving a major evolution in the Asia Pacific's pet industry, shifting from basic manufacturing to advanced, AI-powered smart pet care, as showcased at Pet Fair Asia 2026 held in Shanghai from Wednesday to Sunday. Featured products included facial-recognition feeders, health-tracking litter boxes, and remote monitoring devices -- innovations increasingly embraced by tech-savvy younger generations to manage their pets' wellness. "Our intelligent system leverages AI algorithms for cat facial recognition and provides tailored daily feeding recommendations by using data on the cat's eating habits and how many grams of food it eats. Such smart devices significantly lower the barrier to cat ownership, perfectly meeting the current demand among young people for science-based pet care," said Chen Hongshang, product design manager at the Shanghai Lianchong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd, a leading smart pet care brand in China. According to the 2026 China Pet Industry White Paper, China's urban pet population reached 126 million in 2025, fueling a pet consumption market worth 312.6 billion yuan (about 45.4 billion U.S. dollars). The market is expected to expand further to 405 billion yuan by 2028. This year's fair is the largest since it was launched in 1997. It gathered over 2,600 exhibitors from around the world to present their latest products and services across 17 indoor and 10 outdoor halls covering a combined area of 320,000 square meters. The event has drawn over 500,000 visitors since its opening day. Pet Fair Asia 2026 spotlights China's cutting-edge innovations for pet industry Canadian businesses are adapting to the impact of the trade dispute with the United States, with many trying to reduce their dependence on American imports and diversify their suppliers. The United States imposed a 50-percent tariff on 20 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Canadian goods on Saturday that came into effect just after
Aug 23, 2026 · via bastillepost.com
A police officer uses the Flock Safety license plate reader system. Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents' personal information amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, but a growing number of conservative lawmakers also want to curb the use of surveillance technologies. Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith told county supervisors that the Sheriff’s Office’s use of Flock traffic cameras complies with current constitutional protections, while acknowledging that broader tracking or future facial-recognition capabilities could raise different legal questions. Smith presented his office’s legal assessment to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors last week after members of the public raised questions about the cameras and their constitutionality with at least one supervisor. County Attorney Matt Smith got it right. The Board should quit treating license-plate cameras like a secret-police plot. These readers photograph license plates on public roads. That is not a bedroom or a phone in your pocket. It is a number the state already requires you to display. Smith’s office reviewed the law and said the Sheriff’s current use — no facial recognition, no round-the-clock tracking of regular drivers, and logged access for real investigations — meets the Constitution. That is the County Attorney’s job. He did it. Supervisor Gould’s “surveillance state” line sounds dictatorial until you read Smith’s limits: deputies are not watching every car, the system is not stalking people across the country, and the data is not a free-for-all. Courts have treated public-road license plate hits as legal. They have also said the analysis can change if government compiles long travel histories or adds face-ID. Smith said that out loud. That is an honest legal line, not a cover-up. Want accountability? Audit the logins. Punish misuse. Keep vendors from selling the data. Arizona already moved on third-party sharing. None of that requires
Aug 23, 2026 · via havasunews.com
According to the Japan Times, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is making this technology increasingly accurate. As recognition capabilities improve, facial recognition could become a quick authentication method, reducing the need to carry cash, bank cards, or mobile phones. From the shop to the train station One clear application is cashless payments in stores. Trial Holdings, a company that operates a chain of discount stores and various other businesses, has introduced facial recognition payment services from NEC Corporation ( Japan ) into 15 stores in Tokyo and Fukuoka Prefecture. This is the world's leading biometric system, notable for its extremely high accuracy, fast processing speed, and ability to recognize individuals even when wearing masks. After pre-registering, customers can shop and pay at the self-service counter without using cash or mobile payment services. The process, which previously required cards, wallets, or smartphones, is now streamlined into a quick and convenient facial recognition authentication step. This technology is also being tested in the transportation sector. Hitachi and Tobu Railway have installed facial recognition ticket gates at Ikebukuro Station and several other stations on the Tojo Line. In the future, this method is expected to expand to payments at commercial establishments, including convenience stores near train stations. At Tokyo Dome, baseball fans can enter the stadium to watch Yomiuri Giants games through Panasonic Connect's facial recognition system after registering their ID. Some shops inside the stadium also allow cashless payments without bank cards. Thus, facial recognition is creating a fairly seamless ecosystem, from transportation and shopping to entertainment. Users can perform many activities without constantly taking out their documents, cards, or phones from their pockets. Data security problem The value of this technology doesn't lie in helping people "avoid carrying wallets." Facial recognition can also help reduce waiting times, limit the use
Aug 23, 2026 · via vietnam.vn
Glasgow must copy New York as former beat cop shocked at open criminality in wake of BBC documentary EXCLUSIVE: David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has dismissed suggestions a recent Disclosure episode was unduly harsh on Scotland's biggest city A former police officer who spent years on the beat in Glasgow has said the depiction of the city in a recent BBC documentary was accurate, as he called on city bosses to learn from New York. David Kennedy, who is now general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said he counted five arrestable offences in a short walk down Union Street during a trip to the city centre this week. The lack of officers patrolling the streets had left the city a pale shadow of its former self, he suggested. It comes after the Disclosure episode shone a light on drug taking, violence and other anti-social behaviour after film crews spent a week recording there in June, leading to claims the city had become "lawless". The episode has been blasted by Scottish nationalists but Mr Kennedy told the Scottish Express that the scenes filmed were familiar to rank-and-file officers. He said claims that statistics show crime was down in the city didn't "show the full picture," adding: "What shows a true picture is when you look in walking the streets. "I was in Union Street in Glasgow at half past 11 in the morning on Monday, and I saw at least five people who, if I had been in uniform, they would have probably been arrested and given the jail. I was a cop on the beat in Glasgow and I would have absolutely went up, spoke to them, went over and dealt with them." Asked what they were doing, he replied: "Shouting, swearing, obstructing the pavement.
Aug 23, 2026 · via scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
Officers investigating the theft of a shopper’s phone from a store want to track down this man. The victim was targeted in the Wollaton Co-op after she stopped at the till to pay for her items. Having put her phone on the side, the woman left the shop in Lambourne Drive without remembering to pick it back up again. Realising her mistake, she went back into the store, by which time the phone was nowhere to be seen, so she informed shop staff. Having reviewed available CCTV, shopworkers saw that an unknown man had spotted the phone next to the till, pocketed it, and left the store. The theft took place around 7.05pm on 14 July, with the police launching an investigation after being notified soon after. Officers can now release this picture of a man they’d like to speak to as part of their inquiries. PC Kevin Kirk, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This incident was sadly an example of how opportunistic thieves can be. “Having spotted a phone left at the till, the person responsible didn’t do the honourable thing and hand it in but instead chose to steal it. “The victim was understandably left very upset by what happened, so we’re determined to try and return their stolen property to them. “On that note, we’d ask that the man pictured does the right thing and makes themselves known to us, as we believe they may be able to assist with our investigation. “Likewise, we’d ask anyone who recognises them to share this information too.” The police can be contacted directly on 101, quoting incident 732 of 14 July 2026, while Crimestoppers can be called anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Aug 22, 2026 · via westbridgfordwire.com
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has never just come out and said that its overarching goal as a company is to boil every last ounce of joy out of the basic experience of being a social animal, but the “boil-joy-and-suck” aspects of their business plans are easy to infer. Even beyond *gestures vaguely, but emphatically, at the last 20 years of online life*, it’s hard not to look at the company’s most recent patent—which would allow the AI-assisted facial accessory the company would really like people to stop calling “pervert glasses” to analyze all of your interactions with friends and loved ones, run them through facial recognition software and other analysis, and then feed you a “highlight reel” of your own life—and not think, “Oh, this was made by people who don’t think too much of the whole human experience, huh?” Per 404 Media, Meta filed the patent for “Smart Cameras Enabled By Assistant Systems” back in February, before it was published last week. In essence, the patent would allow users of Meta’s allegedly smart glasses to turn the whole world into Facebook: Your glasses would record the people around you, tag them, identify when they do things, and then later use that information to present you with a social media-style automatically generated slideshow of things you’d already lived through. (The company’s language repeatedly uses a dinner party as the event our hypothetical memory-deficient voyeur would be ruining.) Besides its obvious and horrifying applications for things like police surveillance and other Flock-esque attempts to shove ever larger portions of the world into monitored cameras—because we’re pretty sure the facial recognition and action-tagging aspects of these things aren’t going to stop at, say, “passing that really good cab sav Michael picked up in Tuscany last fall”—the patent itself is also a potent psychological
Aug 22, 2026 · via avclub.com
At a liquor store, bar, or casino, getting carded is part of the cost of entry. Now the Internet is carding people, too – and the companies doing the carding are cashing in. New laws and platform rules are pushing games, social platforms, AI products, and adult sites to replace birthday boxes (the fields where you enter your date of birth) with identity checks. What was once a compliance tool for sellers in age-restricted industries is becoming infrastructure for the Internet, and a growth market for the companies supplying it. Socure, a Nevada-based identity-verification company founded in 2012, says it now generates more than US$340mil (RM1.39bil) in annual recurring revenue from over 3,000 customers. New ARR (annual recurring revenue) grew 62% year over year, and age verification is among its fastest-growing product lines. The roughly 500-person company has raised approximately US$646mil (RM2.64bil) in private funding. London-based Yoti, founded in 2014 by Robin Tombs, 57, and Noel Hayden, 55, says it has completed more than one billion age checks for roughly half a billion people. Its revenue rose 62% in 2025 and reached roughly US$43mil (RM175.91mil) in the year ended March 2026. And San Francisco identity startup Persona, founded in 2018 by Rick Song, 35, and Charles Yeh, 33, raised US$200mil (RM818.20mil) at a US$2bil (RM8.18bil) valuation in April 2025. The roughly 700-person company has raised about US$418mil (RM1.71bil) to date, and its annual recurring revenue surpassed US$100mil (RM409.10mil) in 2025, according to a Forbes estimate. Age assurance is one use-case within its broader identity-verification business; Persona works with businesses including Roblox, OpenAI, Coursera, and Lime. All three are benefiting from the same shift: Businesses increasingly need to know not just who a user is, but how old they are and which parts of their platform they should be allowed to
Aug 22, 2026 · via thestar.com.my
This post was co-authored with Max Silfverberg (Data Scientist, AI Solutions Lead), Antti Hallavo (Lead AI Software Engineer), and Pontus Huotari (Lead Data Scientist). We work at Alma Media, a Finnish digital services, marketplaces and media company. One of our focus areas is developing AI/ML solutions for real estate listing services, where understanding image content plays an important role. Our solution is to automatically tag photos with room-type and content classes. Our room types include LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN, and BEDROOM. We also tag schematic content like floor plans and site plans. Additionally, we recognize realtor marketing materials, aerial shots, and garden photos. Altogether, there are 23 classes. As Figure 1 shows, this is a classic multi-label classification task; the same space can encompass several room types at once. On the face of it, this sounds simple, but we need to make some tricky decisions. How should you treat a living room photo that shows a bedroom through a doorway? What if the photo only shows 10% living room and the remaining 90% is dining area? The answers depend on the application. If we need to find all photos showing kitchens, we also want to identify living room photos that show a kitchen in the background. However, if the user specifically asks for kitchen photos, we only want to show the ones where the kitchen is in focus. To help decide what to return, classification confidence is important. But depending on how you implement your classifier, you might not have access to that information. Image classifiers can be built in many ways. The modern default approach is to run images through a third-party API which internally uses a vision-language model (VLM) to analyze images and generate tags according to a prompt. Another option is to train image classifiers on top of
Aug 22, 2026 · via towardsdatascience.com
Legal Wrongly Arrested Peppermill Casino Guest Seeks Names of 168 Others Flagged by Facial Recognition Posted on: August 21, 2026, 01:44h. Last updated on: August 21, 2026, 01:50h. A Nevada man who was wrongly arrested after being misidentified by facial recognition technology at Reno’s Peppermill Casino Resort is seeking the identities of 168 other people who were allegedly flagged by the system. Jason Killinger has asked a federal judge to order the City of Reno to produce unredacted arrest reports and declarations of probable cause involving individuals identified by Peppermill’s facial recognition software. The request forms part of Killinger’s lawsuit against Reno and police officer Richard Jager over his September 2023 arrest. Nightmare Ordeal Truck driver Killinger was flagged as a “100% match” to an individual named Michael Ellis who had been banned from the venue months earlier for sleeping on the premises. Despite Killinger’s insistence that he had been misidentified, Jager refused to believe he was who he claimed to be and accused him of using fraudulent identification when he produced a valid Nevada Real ID, Peppermill player’s card, and debit card in his name. Jager chose to trust in the powers of facial recognition software over material facts, such as that Killinger is four inches taller than his doppelganger and has blue eyes rather than hazel. Killinger was jailed for nearly nine hours and spent more than three hours in handcuffs, which left him with bruising and shoulder pain, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that even after a fingerprint check at the Washoe County jail confirmed Killinger’s true identity, Jager filed a police report claiming Killinger had presented conflicting identification to Peppermill security. After settling out of court with Peppermill, Killinger sued Jager and later added the City of Reno, alleging the city failed to properly
Aug 22, 2026 · via casino.org
Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Argentina of building techno-authoritarian surveillance infrastructure without adequate legal safeguards, as the government’s newly created AI security unit expands state monitoring powers over citizens’ online communications and physical movements. In its latest report, the rights group stated that Argentina‘s Ministry of Security spent at least USD$1.2 million on surveillance technology between 2024 and 2025, which included social media monitoring tools, facial recognition software, and thermal-camera drones with automatic tracking and ability to transmit images in real time. Amnesty expressed concern for the surveillance of protesters, journalists, activists, human rights defenders, migrants, young people, and marginalized groups. They warn that this can create a “chilling effect,” in which people who believe they are being monitored may avoid speaking, protesting or organizing, even without being directly arrested or punished. This raises concerns about the impact of surveillance on the right to freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of association. In October 2025, Argentina bought a Clearview AI facial recognition license for USD$33,500. Clearview’s database contains more than 70 billion facial images scraped from the internet, and data protection authorities in France, Italy, Greece, and the Netherlands have already fined the company over its data practices. The Ministry, however, maintains that the Federal Police use facial recognition only in connection with active judicial investigations, and no evidence has surfaced that Clearview was used specifically to identify protesters. Argentina’s expansion of AI-driven surveillance has largely occurred through executive and ministerial measures. On July 26, 2024, then-Security Minister Patricia Bullrich signed Resolution 710/2024, creating the Artificial Intelligence Unit Applied to Security (UIAAS) inside the Ministry of Security’s Directorate of Cybercrime and Cyber Affairs. The resolution authorizes the unit to patrol open social media, applications, websites, and the dark web, and permits real-time facial recognition through CCTV footage,
Aug 22, 2026 · via jurist.org
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