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November 23, 2018 05:20 am GMT
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Chinese facial recognition system catches jaywalker, turns out to be a bus
China hasn't been shy about using facial recognition tech to catch jaywalkers, and publicly shame them.
The technology aims to dissuade bad behaviour by recognising the offender's face, checking it with a database, then posting their information on public screens, such as their ID number and name.
It's technology that can definitely go wrong, as witnessed recently in the city of Ningbo.
As reported by Abacus, one camera caught a jaywalker at an intersection in Jiangxia Bridge East, but it turned out to be merely the face of a famous businesswoman, Dong Mingzhu. Read more...
More about China, Facial Recognition, Facial Recognition Technology, Tech, and Artificial IntelligenceOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/Ez5ZyEd8RhQ/
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