Friday, July 27, 2018
Monday, July 23, 2018
Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
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Tourists waiting to visit the Mao Mausoleum in Beijing, under a pole holding 11 surveillance cameras.
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At the Shanghai headquarters of the artificial intelligence start-up Yitu, a network of cameras linked to a facial recognition system monitors employees and can track their movements in the office.
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A video showing facial recognition software in use at the Megvii showroom in Beijing.
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An outdoor screen in Xiangyang displays photos of jaywalkers alongside their names and I.D. numbers. The idea is to embarrass offenders into compliance.
Carolyn Zhang contributed reporting from Zhengzhou.
A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: With Cameras And A.I., China Closes Its Grip
Labels:
a.i. ai,
china,
face recognition
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