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Encore: What Happens in Vegas… Is Captured on Camera

Encore: What Happens in Vegas… Is Captured on Camera

FromIn Machines We Trust


Encore: What Happens in Vegas… Is Captured on Camera

FromIn Machines We Trust

ratings:
Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The use of facial recognition by police has come under a lot of scrutiny. In part three of our four-part series on face ID, host Jennifer Strong takes you to Sin City, which actually has one of America’s most buttoned-up policies on when cops can capture your likeness. She also finds out why celebrities like Woody Harrelson are playing a starring role in conversations about this technology. This episode was originally published August 12, 2020.

We meet: 
Albert Fox Cahn, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
Phil Mayor, ACLU Michigan
Captain Dori Koren, Las Vegas Police 
Assistant Chief Armando Aguilar, Miami Police 

Credits: 
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Tate Ryan-Mosley and Emma Cillekens. We had help from Benji Rosen and Karen Hao. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield.
Released:
Nov 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (83)

A podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive decisions.