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POLICY
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Public Awareness Needed on AI Application Ramifications
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According to Ikhlaq Sidhu, IE University's Dean of IT'S School of Science and Technology, it's "not clear that the public has thought about the ramifications of these [AI] applications."
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Europe’s GDPR Sets Global Data Privacy Standards for Tech
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You'd be forgiven for finding this a surprise. Europe has a bit of a reputation for being a very privacy-conscious part of tech world. GDPR forced organisations globally to adapt their data use standards purely to meet the strict EU rules.
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Europeans Support AI Facial Recognition for Police Military
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Exclusive: 75% of Europeans support the use of AI technologies like facial recognition by police and the military, a new study from @IEuniversity has found.
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Live Twitch on the AI Act with Commission experts
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I am going to Brussels to discuss the AI Act at the European Commission. I will be live on Twitch at 5pm with two Commission experts who worked on it to discuss and answer your questions.
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United Airlines Facial Recognition Opt-Out at Airport Security
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Ok so I encountered it again when boarding my @united flight. This time more obvious. I said, I don’t want to use facial recognition. The woman asked if I have a US passport, I presented it, she said that’s fine. In both cases a simple sign would be nice, just for awareness.
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Facial Recognition: The Problem of Secretive Technology Use
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People have all kinds of opinions about facial recognition; I feel like this is less about that than the appearance of being sneaky with a powerful technology.
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TSA Facial Recognition Comparison Experience with Face Mask
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I’m used to being asked to pull down the mask for a quick facial comparison conducted by TSA, so I didn’t really register that this was different at first.
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Facial Recognition Used Without Prior Consent or Warning
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Like it was so fast I didn’t even realize what was happening. There was no mention of facial recognition. I asked after the fact if my image was being used for FR and they said yes. I asked, is there a way to avoid this? And they said, with a shrug, yeah, but we already did it.
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TSA Facial Recognition at SFO Security Checkpoint: How It Works
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Here’s how hard it is to get around facial recognition at the airport (at least at SFO): TSA officer at security checkpoint asks for ID, i hand it over, they ask me to pull down my mask “for the picture” and before i know it they take my picture and use it to compare with my ID.