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Facial Recognition

Illustration of a big eye watching over protestors

How AI surveillance threatens democracy everywhere

By Abi Olvera | Disruptive Technologies

The Chinese city of Urumqi in Xinjiang. Credit: Alexander Flühmann via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

China’s high-tech surveillance drives oppression of Uyghurs

By Steven Feldstein | Disruptive Technologies

A police officer with a camera.

It’s time to address facial recognition, the most troubling law enforcement AI tool

By Trenton W. Ford | Artificial Intelligence

A screen shot of the AMY1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant widely used as a model organism in plant biology. (US government photo)

How to protect the world from ultra-targeted biological weapons

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology

The alarming face of facial recognition

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Facial recognition and the future of privacy: I always feel like … somebody’s watching me

By Brenda Leong | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Credit: World Economic Forum / swiss-image.ch / Valeriano DiDomenico CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

A new voice chimes in on regulating facial recognition and big-tech

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Amazon's Seattle properties include The Spheres. Credit: Biodin CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Amazon’s video doorbell: 1984 at the front door?

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading