AI advances are now making automated analysis of live surveillance video possible, presaging useful applications while raising serious questions about privacy
What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match? — We usually think of surveillance cameras as digital eyes …
The Verge James Vincent
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@jjvincent
James Vincent
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Here's my feature on how AI is going to give CCTV cameras the brains to understand what they're seeing, and what the implications of that are for society https://www.theverge.com/... pic.twitter.com/HbRJKMbT97
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@donmoyn
Don Moynihan
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The party of small government is using immigration to build a police state that will track where we drive in real time http://www.theverge.com/...
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@therickwilson
Rick Wilson
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You know, limited government. http://twitter.com/...
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@michaelwprice
Michael Price
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NYPD has a contract with the same company. Will ICE get access to NYC data? http://www.documentcloud.org/ ... @SteveChoiNYIC @changethenypd #POSTAct http://twitter.com/...
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@propublica
@propublica
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ICE's move to expand deportations beyond criminal offenders has fueled concerns of politically motivated enforcement. And now they have an even more granular targeting tool: http://www.theverge.com/...
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@aelkus
@aelkus
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Buried lede: commercial incentives for startups to offer security tech to gov and private industry and over-promise robustness of tech https://www.theverge.com/...
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@erocdrahs
@erocdrahs
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“It's troubling to me that a lot of these systems are being pumped into our core infrastructure without the democratic process that would allow us to ask questions about their effectiveness, or to inform the populations they'll be deployed on,” https://www.theverge.com/...
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@cartermaslan
Carter Maslan
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“AI surveillance starts with searchable video”: https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge is thoughtful piece from @jjvincent that covers @camio partner @ICRealtime. Distributed control of encrypted video is a good step forward.
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@jjvincent
James Vincent
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Key points: - Deep learning will help, with big datasets recently released to spur research (from Google, FB, IBM) - Object/scene/person recognition is easy; context is hard - Even basic tools deployed at scale can be powerful - Biggest bottleneck is probably just picture quality
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@jjvincent
James Vincent
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some very good points on my recent AI surveillance piece: new vendors exaggerate new capacities to get market share. established surveillance companies (eg Hikvision) happy just pitching simpler features, eg intrusion detection https://twitter.com/...
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@georgianprtnrs
Georgian Partners
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“Artificial Intelligence is Going to Supercharge Surveillance” Most surveillance cameras are used as a deterrence, or to provide evidence if something goes wrong. This is changing —#AI is allowing surveillance cameras to analyze live video in real time http://gptrs.vc/2DZCFrP pic…
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@susanbgoldberg
Susan Goldberg
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There is almost nowhere on Earth you can go where you aren't being watched by someone, or some device. Our @NatGeoMag Feb cover story by @DraperRobert explores the impact on humanity of the total loss of privacy. http://on.natgeo.com/2DPgWmd
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@dirka
Dirk Dallas
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Things we should be talking more about: Our Surveillance Society One of the true signs of wealth & power may one day end up being that privacy will be a commodity only for the wealthy https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ ...
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@model_the_world
GeoSpark Analytics
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GeoSpark Analytics has a shout out in the February issue of @NatGeo “ ... After a few clicks, we were staring at neighborhoods in Nigeria that had been overtaken by the extremist group Boko Haram. ” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/X8WWAqlBEA
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@natgeomaps
@natgeomaps
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Face-scanning technology is evolving rapidly and is increasingly employed in high-security facilities such as airports and government offices. Now some stores are even using it to identify returning customers or shoplifters. http://on.natgeo.com/2DPgWmd pic.twitter.com/JA6d4hEkq1
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@natgeomaps
@natgeomaps
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In a pilot program at the Port of Boston, scientists and engineers have designed a scanner that can identify the molecular makeup of substances with far more specificity than ever before, quickly differentiating, for example, between salt and cocaine. http://on.natgeo.com/2DPgWmd…
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@natgeomaps
@natgeomaps
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More than 1,700 satellites orbit above us, some as much as 100,000 miles overhead. They collect images and other data, broadcast information, track our locations, and even listen to our conversations. http://on.natgeo.com/2DPgWmd pic.twitter.com/dbEKniTwsv
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@stevecase
Steve Case
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They Are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ ... “If the police wanted to know what was in your head in the 1800s, they would have to torture you. Now they can just find it out from your device.” @NatGeoMag http://twitter.com/...