The New York Times reports the tech has mistakenly identified people as connected to Hamas.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/27998954

Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip

Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas.

    • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Oh darn that caveat will really slow the IDF down and make them think twice!

      “You can’t pin that on us, I killed that innocent family because the AI said they were Hamas!”

    • akrz@programming.devOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      yeah the article includes such a case occuring with the system in the Gaza strip and an innocent guy being held captive and tortured