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May 25, 2018 10:42 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/98nugh3Tn2I/zimbabwe-is-introducing-a-mass-facial-recognition-project-with-chinese-ai-firm-cloudwalk
Zimbabwe is Introducing a Mass Facial Recognition Project With Chinese AI Firm CloudWalk
An anonymous reader shares a report: In March, the Zimbabwean government signed a strategic partnership with the Gunagzhou-based startup CloudWalk Technology to begin a large-scale facial recognition program throughout the country. The agreement, backed by the Chinese government's Belt and Road initiative, will see the technology primarily used in security and law enforcement and will likely be expanded to other public programs. [...] Zimbabwe may be giving away valuable data as Chinese AI technologists stand to benefit from access to a database of millions of Zimbabwean faces Harare will share with CloudWalk. [...] CloudWalk has already recalibrated its existing technology through three-dimensional light technology in order to recognize darker skin tones. In order to recognize other characteristics that may differ from China's population, CloudWalk is also developing a system that recognizes different hairstyles and body shapes, another representative explained to the Global Times.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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