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EU lawmakers are eyeing risk-based rules for AI, per leaked white paper

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 NewsEditorAI, artificial intelligence, Europe, european commission, European Union, facial recognition, General Data Protection Regulation, Healthcare, law enforcement, surveillance, thierry-breton

The European Commission is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology, according to a draft proposal for regulating artificial intelligence obtained by Euroactiv. Creating rules to ensure AI is ‘trustworthy and human’ has been an early flagship policy promise of the new Commission, led by president Ursula von der Leyen. But the leaked proposal suggests the EU’s executive body is in fact leaning towards tweaks of existing rules and sector/app specific risk-assessments and requirements, rather than anything as firm as blanket sectoral requirements or bans. The…

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London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 NewsEditorartificial intelligence, Crime, facial recognition, London, Police

There will soon be a new bobby on the beat in London: artificial intelligence. London’s Metropolitan Police Big Brother Watch in the UK. She says activists in Hong Kong, Russia, or South America may find it more difficult to push back against expanded use of facial recognition as a result. Carlo says facial recognition is already being used in dubious ways in the UK, for example to monitor the Notting Hill Carnival, a major event in British Black culture. “We talk about mission creep, but the mission is already well…