Chicago Police Using Controversial Facial Recognition Tool
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Concerns over a facial recognition program the Chicago Police Department is using.
The Chicago Police Department recently started working with a controversial facial recognition tool called Clearview AI. The tool collects billions of photos of people from websites like Facebook. CPD says it’s not using it for real-time surveillance, only for matching photos for investigations. However, some advocacy groups still have concerns.
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Chicago Police Using Controversial Facial Recognition Tool
Clip: 1/30/2020 | 10m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
The Chicago Police Department recently started working with a controversial facial recognition tool called Clearview AI. The tool collects billions of photos of people from websites like Facebook. CPD says it’s not using it for real-time surveillance, only for matching photos for investigations. However, some advocacy groups still have concerns.
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