UN High Commissioner says facial recognition could lead to destruction of privacy

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has touted the potential negative impact of facial recognition systems, saying these could lead to “mass surveillance of our public spaces, destroying any concept of privacy.”

The strong statement comes as the EU’s AI Act, which aims to introduce a formal common regulatory and legal framework for governing artificial intelligence, is currently set to undergo negotiations between the EU Parliament, the EU Council of Ministers, European governments, and the European Commission. …

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