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According to foreign media reports, Israeli computer vision company Yozmot will apply face recognition technology to law enforcement systems, equipping police with wearable cameras to automatically track criminals. The act sparked global criticism, and the U.S. tech giant, influenced by it, is currently refusing to provide the technology to the police.
Face recognition technology belongs to a branch of computer vision technology, in recent years, computer vision technology in the digital transformation of enterprises rapid development, a wide range of applications, covering hazard recognition, medical health, engineering management and other aspects. According to market research firm Mordor Intelligence, the total market capitalization of the facial recognition industry is expected to grow to $11.6 billion by 2026. But its widespread use has also raised public concerns about their own privacy.
First, Israeli companies use facial recognition to catch criminals, which have been condemned globally
Dany Tirza, a former Israeli army colonel, claims that his company, Yozmot Ltd, in partnership with Tel Aviv-based Corsight AI, intends to develop a wearable camera to help police scan crowds in real time and spot suspects. Even if the suspect wears a mask and disguises it, it can be matched to a photo from decades ago.
Danny Terza of Yozmot Ltd
The move sparked criticism around the world, with Microsoft, Amazon and IBM also announcing a temporary or permanent freeze on the sale of facial recognition programs to law enforcement. Rob Watts, chief executive of Corsight AI, denied working with Yozmot Ltd, but said Corsight AI is actively working with about 230 companies around the world to apply facial recognition technology to cameras and hired Tony Porter, a former British surveillance cameraman, as chief privacy officer, to make the software obscure or remove irrelevant faces in seconds. Watts said that in the latest funding round, Corsight AI was valued at about $55 million, which is expected to increase to $250 million by the end of the year, noting the potential of the technology.
Second, causing public concern, a number of face recognition technology has been stopped
The essence of face recognition technology is the result of the development of the field of computer vision. Computer vision, a technology that uses algorithms to "see" and evaluate objects, people, and events in the real world, is a rapidly expanding market in the field of artificial intelligence. According to market research firm Mordor Intelligence, the total market capitalization of the facial recognition industry is worth about $3.7 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow to $11.6 billion by 2026, an increase of nearly 3 times.
However, the large number of applications of face recognition technology has also caused widespread concerns about their privacy. Jerome Pesenti, Vice President of Meta, believes that facial recognition technology is useful in some cases, such as helping users access locked accounts, but in response to public concerns, Meta announced the closure of its facial recognition system in November 2021. Last month, France also ordered U.S.-based Clearview AI to delete the data of its citizens because it believes the company has violated citizens' privacy by using images "scraped" from the internet to build a facial recognition database.
Conclusion: Computer vision applications are promising, and privacy issues need to be addressed urgently
Computer vision technology can be applied to risk recognition, crop detection, medical diagnosis, driverless car testing and other fields, the application is very extensive, face recognition technology as one of them, can follow the development of artificial intelligence.
However, once the face recognition technology is abused, it will lead to an infringement of the public's privacy rights, which has aroused public concern. At present, meta and other companies have stopped their face recognition systems in response to public concerns, and US technology giants Such as Microsoft and Amazon no longer provide face recognition technology for law enforcement departments.
Pescenti, vice president of Meta, believes that in view of the large number of concerns caused by face recognition technology, it is more appropriate to limit the application of face recognition technology at present. However, various application departments and regulators need to propose a clear set of specifications for the use of face recognition technology as soon as possible to make face recognition technology more secure for public life.
Source: TechXplore, VentureBeat