Facial recognition is used to shame jaywalkers, prevent toilet paper theft in public restrooms. Fingerprints are scanned to pay bills or enter buildings while some companies have even developed “smart cushions” to monitor staff’s vital signs and others scan employees’ brain waves for productivity while they work.
In China, these are just how some biometric data is used every day and shows no signs of slowing down with artificial intelligence and its many applications, constituting a major component of its national plan to become a world leader in AI innovation by 2030.
The state council, China’s cabinet, issued in 2017 the “Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan,” calling f
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Feb 18, 2021