UK PM endorses live facial recognition in pre-election stump speech

With great danger comes technological innovation, says UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a keynote speech for the Policy Exchange UK conference delivered in a decidedly evangelistic tone. Laying out his government’s plans and objectives, Sunak touches on both the risks and opportunities that come with new applications of technology, such as facial recognition for law enforcement and the many evolving use cases for AI.

Noting that a general sense of instability and insecurity is heightened by fears about new …

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