- Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China. Here’s how citizens are copingby Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Professeure de management et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la régulation du digital dans la vie professionnelle et personnelle; Canada Research Chair in Digital Regulation at Work and in Life, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) on March 13, 2024 at 9:35 pm
State surveillance of citizens is growing all over the world, but it is a fact of daily life in China. People are developing mental tactics to distance themselves from it.
- Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstoodby Nazanin Andalibi, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan on March 6, 2024 at 1:35 pm
Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.
- Your face for sale: anyone can legally gather and market your facial data without explicit consentby Margarita Vladimirova, PhD in Privacy Law and Facial Recognition Technology, Deakin University on March 4, 2024 at 1:25 am
Our facial information is sensitive – yet companies and individuals can collect, sell and manipulate it without our consent. Australian law must change to protect us all.
- The use of technology in policing should be regulated to protect people from wrongful convictionsby Joanna Pozzulo, Chancellor’s Professor, Psychology, Carleton University on February 12, 2024 at 9:19 pm
Police use of surveillance technologies — like security cameras and artificial intelligence — is becoming more widespread. Measures are needed to protect people’s privacy and avoid misidentification.
- Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on identifying physical featuresby Sharrona Pearl, Associate Professor of Bioethics and History, Drexel University on January 19, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Face recognition technology follows earlier biometric surveillance techniques, including fingerprints, passport photos and iris scans. It’s the first that can be done without the subject’s knowledge.
- Digital ID will go mainstream across Australia in 2024. Here’s how it can work for everyoneby Edward Santow, Professor & Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney on December 10, 2023 at 10:09 pm
2024 will see a massive expansion in Australia’s digital ID system. Good tech and strong guardrails will make Australia a world leader in this important area.
- Indigenous knowledges informing ‘machine learning’ could prevent stolen art and other culturally unsafe AI practicesby Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University on September 8, 2023 at 5:25 am
There are many programs where people can generate art using AI. However, this comes with a risk of non-Indigenous people generating Indigenous art, which negatively affects Indigenous artists.
- Foetal alcohol syndrome: facial modelling study explores technology to aid diagnosisby Tinashe Ernest Muzvidzwa Mutsvangwa, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town on June 7, 2023 at 2:04 pm
Key to diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is an assessment of certain facial features. A 3D facial scan is expensive but 2D images may offer a solution.
- Voter ID: most people are terrible at matching faces to photos, making polling checks unreliableby Kay Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Lincoln on May 10, 2023 at 4:43 pm
Research suggests that photo ID checks at polling stations risk voters being turned away because of errors.
- As livestock theft becomes a growing problem in rural Australia, new technologies offer hopeby Kyle J.D. Mulrooney, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Co-director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England on February 22, 2023 at 2:54 am
Preventing theft on farms is much more difficult than in urban areas for many reasons – but new technological developments may help curb the crimes.
- Facial recognition: why we shouldn’t ban the police from using it altogetherby Asress Adimi Gikay, Senior Lecturer in AI, Disruptive Innovation and Law, Brunel University London on November 4, 2022 at 5:24 pm
Civil liberties groups in the UK and elsewhere want to stop the police from using this technology altogether, but that’s going too far.
- The White House’s ‘AI Bill of Rights’ outlines five principles to make artificial intelligence safer, more transparent and less discriminatoryby Christopher Dancy, Associate Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering, Penn State on October 28, 2022 at 12:30 pm
Many AI algorithms, like facial recognition software, have been shown to be discriminatory to people of color, especially those who are Black.
- Debate: How to stop our cities from being turned into AI junglesby Stefaan G. Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University on September 26, 2022 at 8:32 pm
As states and nations struggle to regulate growing AI use, municipal authorities are often leading the way. An emerging paradigm known as AI Localism can help us better define the way forward.
- Avoiding a surveillance society: how better rules can rein in facial recognition techby Nicholas Davis, Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney on September 26, 2022 at 8:02 pm
Facial recognition technology has set us on a path to mass surveillance – but it’s not too late to change course.
- Governments’ use of automated decision-making systems reflects systemic issues of injustice and inequalityby Joanna Redden, Associate Professor, Information and Media Studies, Western University on September 21, 2022 at 1:51 pm
In the pursuit of efficiency, governments turn to technological solutions, like automated decision-making systems. But these systems are often problematic.
- Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t workby Namrata Primlani, Doctoral Researcher, Northumbria University, Newcastle on August 18, 2022 at 3:50 pm
Our research shows the technology simply isn’t ready yet.
- Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for youby Peter Krapp, Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine on July 22, 2022 at 12:31 pm
It’s increasingly difficult to move about – both in the physical world and online – without being tracked.
- What do TikTok, Bunnings, eBay and Netflix have in common? They’re all hyper-collectorsby Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland on July 20, 2022 at 8:08 pm
Australians – and Australian governments – need to get more savvy about data privacy
- Facial recognition is on the rise – but the law is lagging a long way behindby Mark Andrejevic, Professor, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University, Monash University on June 27, 2022 at 2:32 am
Private companies and public authorities are beginning to implement facial recognition technology, even without rules to govern what they can do.
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- Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys say they use facial recognition for ‘loss prevention’. An expert explains what it might mean for youby Dennis B. Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast on June 15, 2022 at 7:07 am
Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice identified three Australian retailers who use facial recognition to identify consumers. What are the privacy concerns?
- Facial recognition technology: how it’s being used in Ukraine and why it’s still so controversialby Dr Felipe Romero-Moreno, Senior Lecturer and Research Tutor, School of Law, University of Hertfordshire on June 14, 2022 at 10:52 am
Lawmakers around the world are making decisions about whether facial recognition technology is acceptable.
- Pay ‘with a smile or a wave’: why Mastercard’s new face recognition payment system raises concernsby Rita Matulionyte, Senior Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University on May 24, 2022 at 6:01 am
The technology is currently being trialled outside of Australia. It’s one of the first major attempts to bring it to western markets on a large scale.
- Children struggle more than adults to recognize masked facesby Erez Freud, Assistant Professor, Psychology, York University, Canada on February 24, 2022 at 4:36 pm
We rely on the spatial arrangement of facial features to process faces, and wearing masks interferes with that — especially for children.
- Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you – here’s why that raises concerns about privacy, accuracy and fairnessby James Hendler, Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on February 1, 2022 at 1:16 pm
Federal and state governments are turning to a facial recognition company to ensure that people accessing services are who they say they are. The move promises to cut down on fraud, but at what cost?
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