Blacklisted facial recognition and surveillance companies
Practical AI: Machine Learning, Data Science
English - October 15, 2019 20:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MB - ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsTechnology Education How To changelog machine learning deep learning artificial intelligence neural networks computer vision Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The United States has blacklisted several Chinese AI companies working in facial recognition and surveillance. Why? What are these companies doing exactly, and how does this fit into the international politics of AI? We dig into these questions and attempt to do some live fact finding in this episode.
The United States has blacklisted several Chinese AI companies working in facial recognition and surveillance. Why? What are these companies doing exactly, and how does this fit into the international politics of AI? We dig into these questions and attempt to do some live fact finding in this episode.
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Featuring:
Chris Benson – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteDaniel Whitenack – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Show Notes:
1 million ethnic Uyghurs in China have been held in “re-education camps”
Surge in Chinese research related to surveillance of Muslim minorities
US AI Blacklist summary article from MIT Technology Review
Hikvision
Their website
Here’s what you need to know about Hikvision, the camera maker behind China’s mass surveillance system
China’s Hikvision Has Probably Filmed You
iFlytek
Their website
Why 500 Million People in China Are Talking to This AI
Megvii
Their website
Behind the Rise of China’s Facial-Recognition Giants
Megvii, the Chinese startup unicorn known for facial recognition tech, files to go public in Hong Kong
Yitu
Their website
AI Startup Yitu Seeks IPO on China’s New Tech Board
This Chinese facial recognition start-up can identify a person in seconds
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