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How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans | MIT Technology Review (www.technologyreview.com)
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Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How is this new? I thought gait (walking style) analysis already covered identifying people without a clear face, and that there were already automated tools for it.

This just seems like a tool to use as an excuse to nab the wrong person because they looked or dressed similar.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably more about what they're turning to rather than it being new. The main issue is that all of these tools are very hit or miss (facial is probably the best, but also really just a "close enough" given most camera angles/quality being used are meh).

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

But the inaccuracy is a feature, not a bug. It means you can trigger certain standards whenever you want.