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Computer vision research feeds surveillance tech as patent links spike 5×

A bottomless appetite for tracking people as 'objects' A new study shows academic computer vision papers feeding surveillance-enabling patents jumped more than fivefold from the 1990s to the 2010s.… ...
Nature

Computer-vision research is hiding its role in creating ‘Big Brother’ technologies

We are in the middle of a huge boom in artificial intelligence (AI), with unprecedented investment in research, a supercharged pace of innovation and sky-high expectations. But what is driving this ...
9to5Mac

Apple to sponsor and present new research at annual computer vision conference

Apple is headed to Nashville next week, where it will showcase new computer vision research and run live technical demos at this year’s IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
Nature

Is AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance

00:45 Is AI-research being co-opted to keep track of people? A significant amount of research in the AI field of computer vision is being used to analyse humans in ways that support the development of ...