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Beijing Subway to use facial recognition for passenger screening
The Beijing Subway plans to introduce security screenings that use an AI-powered camera system to divide passengers into groups based on facial recognition. The system is intended to single out people for different security measures, aiming to speed up subway traffic. The article does not report any specific incident of harm or complaint.
- Date it happened
- 2019-11-01
- Organisation involved
- Beijing Subway
- Product, system or model
- AI-powered camera system
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