[mairdie]

This is the sort of use of AI you always hear people warn about but never believe will really be used.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7981231/Chinese-authorities-use-AI-data-mass-surveillance-track-coronavirus-victims.html

Chinese authorities use facial recognition cameras, AI and big data from world’s most sophisticated mass surveillance system to track coronavirus victims

FTA:
Artificial intelligence and security camera companies boast their systems can scan the streets for people with low-grade fevers, recognise their faces even if they are wearing masks and report them to the authorities.

If a coronavirus patient boards a train, the railway’s ‘real name’ system can provide a list of people sitting nearby.

Mobile phone apps can tell users if they have been on a flight or a train with a known coronavirus carrier, and maps can show them locations of buildings where infected patients live.

[mairdie]

This is not going to make Trump happy

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/breaking-us-forces-come-under-attack-in-nangarha-province-in-afghanistan-4-us-soldiers-reportedly-killed/

US Forces Come Under Attack in Nangarha Province in Afghanistan – 4 US Soldiers Reportedly Killed