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REALITY CHECK THE SCIENCES BEHIND THE HEADLINES LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION: THE MET POLICE’S CONTROVERSIAL NEW TECH

Live facial recognition | Skin cancer | Hay fever

“While the UK government is pushing for increased use of this AI surveillance tech, many other countries with the notable exception of China, are not”

Government ministers in the UK are pushing for the MET police to make use of automated facial recognition for routine law enforcement.

As police officers already wear body cameras, it would be possible to send the images they record directly to live facial recognition (LFR) systems. This would mean everyone the officers encounter could be instantly checked

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