Q&A with AI Now Institute's Amba Kak on the organization's new report detailing eight case studies of how biometric ID systems are regulated around the world
A new report from the AI Now Institute reveals how different regulatory approaches work or fall short in protecting communities from surveillance.
Biometric surveillance & analysis, esp. of faces + voices, poses grave global privacy, civil liberties, and human rights challenges. We desperately need good governance ideas. The new @AINowInstitute report (edited by @ambaonadventure) has them! https://ainowinstitute.org/...
I had a rich and fascinating conversation with @ambaonadventure from @AINowInstitute about her latest report, which details eight case studies of how biometric systems are regulated around the world. Lots of lessons to be learned. 👀 https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
“[Don't] think of regulation just as a tool that will help in limiting these [biometric] systems. It can be a tool to push back against these systems, but equally it can be a tool to normalize or legitimize these systems.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
“Advocacy & the threat of regulation have spurred companies to act proactively to mitigate, & potentially undercut or postpone, demands for prohibition or strict regulation ... Activists responded by reminding legislators that these voluntary gestures were not nearly enough.” #AI…
“It's tempting to default to a simplistic position of more security equals more safety, but under scrutiny and in real-life situations, that logic falls apart.” https://venturebeat.com/...
Regulating Biometrics - a new AI Now Institute report - is live! Big congrats to @ambaonadventure & all the authors for this essential reading on biometrics around the world. 8 case studies, including face & voice recognition, from US, EU, India, Aus etc. https://ainowinstitute.o…