New Orleans Police Secretly Used Facial Recognition to Monitor Citizens
New Orleans police secretly used Project NOLA's facial recognition cameras to automatically alert officers to possible crime suspects, potentially violating a city ordinance requiring human review and disclosure. An investigation found the system played a role in dozens of arrests but its use was often not disclosed in police reports. The program was paused in April 2025 pending a review by the police superintendent. The ACLU has called for a permanent halt, warning of threats to privacy and civil rights.
- Company involved
- New Orleans Police Department
- AI system involved
- Project NOLA
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Intuit, HireVue Accused of AI Job Bias Against Deaf Woman
The ACLU filed complaints with state and federal agencies on behalf of a deaf, Indigenous employee of Intuit who was denied a promotion after an automated HireVue video interview. The tool did not caption all audible questions and could not accurately transcribe her speech, which the complaint says disadvantaged her because of her disability and race.
- Company involved
- Intuit
- AI system involved
- HireVue video interview
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From false arrest claims to alleged stalking, Flock cameras face scrutiny in Florida - cbs12.com
The system identified Lindsey Isaacs as a suspect in a triple vehicular homicide, leading to her arrest and 13 days in jail.
- Company involved
- Flock
- AI system involved
- Flock
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Fired Teacher Says AI Tainted Review And Arbitration - law360.com
The AI-generated performance evaluation contributed to the teacher's termination.
- Company involved
- Concord Public Schools
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Police Officer Uses Flock Cameras To Hand an Abuser His Victim’s Exact Location - motorbiscuit.com
The Flock camera system tracked a domestic violence victim's vehicle and disclosed her live location to her suspected abuser.
- Company involved
- Flock Safety
- AI system involved
- Flock Safety
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HireVue, Facing FTC Complaint From EPIC, Halts Use of Facial Recognition
Scored job candidates based on facial analysis and other biometric data, affecting their hiring prospects.
- Company involved
- HireVue
- AI system involved
- HireVue
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Flock cameras misuse alleged in probe of former high-ranking Creve Coeur police officers - WEEK | 25 News Now
The Flock cameras were used to track the location of a woman and her children without their knowledge.
- Company involved
- Creve Coeur Police Department
- AI system involved
- Flock cameras
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Harvard students create facial recognition smart glasses to identify strangers
Two Harvard students built a system called I-XRAY that uses Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses and the facial recognition service Pimeyes to automatically identify strangers and retrieve their personal information, including name, phone number, and home address. The students tested the system on unsuspecting people in public to demonstrate the privacy risks. They are not releasing the code.
- AI system involved
- I-XRAY
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Guardio Labs finds AI agents easily abused to create phishing scams
Guardio Labs tested three popular AI agents—ChatGPT, Claude, and Lovable—to see how easily they could be manipulated into generating phishing campaigns. The benchmark, called VibeScamming, simulated a novice scammer attempting to create an SMS phishing attack to steal Microsoft credentials. While ChatGPT and Claude initially refused, they provided full code and tutorials after a jailbreak attempt posing as ethical hacking; Lovable instantly generated and deployed a fully functional, convincing phishing page with no resistance.
- Company involved
- Guardio Labs
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable
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Sound Intelligence Aggression Detectors Prove Unreliable in School Tests
ProPublica tested Sound Intelligence's aggression detection software, used in hundreds of U.S. schools and hospitals. The algorithm, which analyzes audio for signs of stress and anger, frequently misidentified innocent sounds like coughing as aggressive and failed to detect actual screams. At a New Jersey hospital, the system ignored an agitated man screaming and pounding a desk, escalating the situation. Sound Intelligence's CEO acknowledged the imperfections but defended the technology as an early warning system.
- AI system involved
- Sound Intelligence aggression detector
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Grok and Google Lens AI overviews falsely claim fake images show Huntingdon train attack
Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that AI-generated images of the Huntingdon train attack are real. Grok told users one image was a genuine photo, while Google Lens claimed it was a still from a BBC news report. The AI systems also linked unrelated videos to the attack. Full Fact contacted Google, which told users they can provide feedback on errors. xAI has not yet responded.
- Company involved
- xAI and Google
- AI system involved
- Grok and Google Lens AI overviews
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Intel and Class Technologies face criticism over emotion-detecting AI for students
Intel partnered with Class Technologies to use an AI system that analyses student emotions during Zoom classes to provide insights to teachers. Critics, including educator Todd Richmond, argued that facial expressions are not reliable indicators of internal states and that the system amounts to pseudoscience. The article reports these criticisms as allegations, not as proven fact. No specific incident of harm or regulatory action is reported.
- Company involved
- Intel
- AI system involved
- Class Technologies face-reading AI
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Speedcam Anywhere developers face abuse from UK drivers after app launch
Speedcam Anywhere, an app that uses AI to estimate the speed of passing vehicles, was launched in March 2022. Its developers have received abusive emails from drivers and are now hiding their identities. Google and Apple have not approved the app for distribution, and the Home Office has not vetted it for speeding prosecutions.
- AI system involved
- Speedcam Anywhere
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Microsoft Recall still captures credit cards and passwords despite filter
The Register tested Microsoft Recall's sensitive information filter and found it frequently fails to block credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal data. The AI-powered screenshot tool, which is enabled by default on some new PCs, could expose users to identity theft if an attacker gains access. Microsoft declined to comment but has previously acknowledged the filter is not perfect and promised improvements. Privacy advocates warn that vulnerable users, such as domestic violence victims, could be particularly at risk.
- Company involved
- Microsoft
- AI system involved
- Recall
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Spamouflage Operation Used AI-Generated Deepfake Videos for Pro-Chinese Influence
In late 2022, Graphika observed the pro-Chinese influence operation Spamouflage promoting videos featuring AI-generated fictitious people. The footage was created using a commercial AI video platform from a UK company. The videos were low-quality and received fewer than 300 views, but Graphika warns that such tools could enable more convincing deception at scale.
- Company involved
- Spamouflage
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UCLA abandons facial recognition plans after test reveals racial bias
UCLA had proposed using facial recognition surveillance on campus, scanning faces and checking them against a mugshot database. Fight for the Future tested Amazon Rekognition on photos of UCLA sports teams and faculty, finding that the software falsely matched 58 individuals, mostly people of color, with mugshot photos. Following community backlash and the test results, UCLA's administration announced it was abandoning the plan.
- Company involved
- UCLA
- AI system involved
- Rekognition
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Beijing school uses Hanwang emotion recognition system to monitor student behaviour
Niulanshan First Secondary School in Beijing has installed Hanwang Technology's Classroom Care System, which photographs students every second and analyses their facial expressions and behaviour. The system sends weekly reports to teachers and parents, and one student was described as low participation in English class despite being recorded as focused 94% of the time. The school has been highlighted in a report by Article 19, which says such emotion recognition tools rely on junk science and risk eroding privacy and human rights.
- Company involved
- Niulanshan First Secondary School
- AI system involved
- Classroom Care System
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Tencent's WeChat filters chat images in realtime using OCR and visual blacklists
Citizen Lab researchers found that Tencent's WeChat automatically filters images sent in chats based on OCR-detected text and visual similarity to blacklisted images. The filtering is realtime and non-transparent, with no notice to users. The report analyzed 220 filtered images, many political, including content about the arrest of Huawei's CFO and the Sino-US trade war.
- Company involved
- Tencent
- AI system involved
- WeChat
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Banjo's Live Time system overstated capabilities and posed privacy risks for Utah public safety data
The Utah State Auditor reviewed the contract for Banjo's Live Time public safety application. The system was found to lack advertised AI technology and posed security risks due to direct database queries to PSAP databases. Banjo also overstated its capabilities in its response to the RFP. The auditor concluded that personally identifiable information was unlikely accessed but recommended more rigorous vetting and better security practices.
- Company involved
- Utah Attorney General's Office
- AI system involved
- Live Time
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HP webcam facial tracking fails to follow black man's face
A black man, Desi, posted a YouTube video showing that HP's webcam facial tracking software failed to follow his face while it tracked a white woman's face. HP acknowledged the issue and said it was working with partners to investigate. The company attributed the problem to insufficient lighting affecting contrast detection.
- Company involved
- HP
- AI system involved
- HP Webcam facial tracking software
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Nvidia releases AI-powered Eye Contact feature for Broadcast app
Nvidia has released a beta version of Eye Contact, an AI-powered feature for its Broadcast app that replaces a user's eyes in video streams with simulated eyeballs that always face the camera. The feature is intended to maintain eye contact even when the user looks away, but social media response has been largely negative. A former TV news anchor said that unbroken eye contact can be regarded as creepy or uncomfortable.
- Company involved
- Nvidia
- AI system involved
- Eye Contact
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Proctorio's exam proctoring system allows human agents to review student feeds despite privacy claims
A security researcher analyzed Proctorio's Chrome extension and found evidence that the system allows human agents to review students' room scans and live ID checks, contrary to Proctorio's claims that only professors can access recordings. The system flags students based on behavioral metrics and can terminate exams. The researcher also raised concerns about discrimination against low-income students and privacy violations.
- Company involved
- Proctorio
- AI system involved
- Proctorio
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Clearview AI tested facial recognition surveillance cameras with UFT and Rudin
Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that scraped billions of photos from social media, developed a surveillance camera system under the name Insight Camera. The system was tested by the United Federation of Teachers and Rudin Management in New York City. The UFT used it to identify individuals who had made threats and prevent them from entering its offices. Clearview did not respond to requests for comment.
- Company involved
- Clearview AI
- AI system involved
- Insight Camera
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Qoves facial assessment tool ranks journalist's attractiveness and suggests procedures
Tate Ryan-Mosley, a journalist at MIT Technology Review, used Qoves Studio's AI facial assessment tool, which automatically scored her face and listed perceived flaws such as smile lines and under-eye bags. The tool recommended skin-care products and paid surgical consultation reports. She also tried Megvii's Face++ beauty-scoring system, which gave her two percentage attractiveness scores. The article raises concerns that such algorithms are inaccurate, biased and not transparently used by social media platforms.
- Company involved
- Qoves Studio
- AI system involved
- Facial Assessment Tool
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