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Algorithms · December 2022Gaffe level: Blunder

Madison Square Garden used facial recognition to ban lawyers who sue its owner

MSG Entertainment used facial recognition to identify and eject lawyers representing people suing its owner, keeping them off an exclusion list away from concerts and games. Sue the Garden and the Garden's cameras will find you.

Source: The New York Times

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AI Cameras and New Satellites Are Spotting California Wildfires Before People Do

Climate · October 2026 Kudos level: Bravo

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

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