Being identified was once only a possibility, now it is a near certainty.
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A new study shows that simply knowing we are being watched can unconsciously heighten our awareness of other people’s gaze.
The trial is testing age verification, age estimation and age inference. All three options come with problems.
From facial recognition to delivery drones, cities around the UK are already trialling AI tech.
While AI promises to transform criminal justice by increasing operational efficiency and improving public safety, it also comes with risks around privacy, accountability, fairness and human rights.
Despite the ruling against Bunnings, Australian businesses can continue to collect your biometric information without your explicit consent by simply putting up signs.
While many people are comfortable with using facial recognition technology on their phone, they are less happy when it’s the government or private groups identifying them.
Views differ between owners and non-owners of smartglasses. But both groups agree the technology can help people.
AI impacts many things beyond the flashy chatbots – often in ways that quietly improve everyday processes.
A UN report proposes seven recommendations for addressing gaps in current AI governance. It’s a small step forward, but it needs refining.
Facial recognition technology is not new, but using your face to pay for shopping is. New research has identified what will help consumers embrace this new tech, and what could stop them.
The decision underscores the importance of strengthening privacy laws and enforcement powers of regulators.
As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of how these centers work.
A risk-based approach to regulating AI can help minimise the dangers of the new technology
Automated facial recognition is becoming widespread in Australia. The technology has already been used by retail outlets, sport stadiums and casinos around the country. And in November, the Australian…
Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
The Rotorua woman wrongly identified by a supermarket facial recognition system says ethnicity was a ‘huge factor’. Her case shows why human-centered design is needed to avoid misuse, bias and harm.
State surveillance of citizens is growing all over the world, but it is a fact of daily life in China. People are developing mental tactics to distance themselves from it.
Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.
Our facial information is sensitive – yet companies and individuals can collect, sell and manipulate it without our consent. Australian law must change to protect us all.
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Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland
Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
Scientia Fellow, UNSW Sydney
Research engineer, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
Professor of Media, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University, Monash University
Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor in Law, Macquarie University
Associate Professor in Cognitive Psychology, University of Lincoln
Associate Professor in Sociology, Australian National University
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Responsible Technology Policy Specialist - Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
Francince McNiff Professor of criminal jurisprudence, Monash University
Associate Professor, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading
Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
