Algorithms · June 2023Gaffe level: Typo
British grocery stores are using facial recognition to ban shoppers
British merchants are increasingly using facial recognition to bar suspected shoplifters, no conviction required. Get flagged once and you are grocery shopping elsewhere. The bouncer now runs on AI.
Source: The New York Times
AI Cameras and New Satellites Are Spotting California Wildfires Before People Do
ALERTCalifornia's network of nearly 1,300 AI-watched cameras detected just over half of the state's wildfires before any human reported them this past summer. California has also launched the first three FireSat satellites, the start of a constellation built to catch fires while they are still the size of a schoolyard.
Source: PetaPixel