Artificial intelligence in the service of security. Dozens of criminals were identified and arrested in just a few hours, thanks to new facial recognition techniques installed on British police CCTV cameras. This is the result of initial experiments with the new tool, which will soon be introduced nationally, despite fears expressed by civil rights associations about the risks of privacy invasion.
The first institutions to start testing were Scotland Yard and Welsh Police in London. So how does it work? CCTV cameras are able to examine all people being filmed: the images are compared live against an enormous database of photographs. The aim is to find criminals wanted for “priority crimes” such as rape, robbery, theft and drug trafficking. The cameras can instantly recognize a suspect and report him to officers in the area; that’s because they’re attached to a police van with a set of monitors parked in the neighborhood. Home Office Undersecretary Chris Philp, who is responsible for policing, said he hoped facial recognition would soon become a tool in fighting crime at a national level.
Source: Today IT
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