AI systems can search through enormous volumes of personal data, including criminal histories and other characteristics deemed to be "risk factors”. Recently, organisations have voiced worries about the French government's intention to utilise AI monitoring in the run-up to the Olympics in Paris. The most dreaded development in the near future is the emergence of deadly weapons driven by AI that are autonomous.

Sources: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks : Pro PublicaA new look at the intersection of predictive policing, poverty and stress in LA : Centre of Health JournalismLAPD ended predictive policing programs amid public outcry. A new effort shares many of their flaws : The GuardianPredictive policing: When AI predicts criminal activity : Digital WorldLondon Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime : WIREDParis 2024 Olympics: Concern over French plan for AI surveillance : BBCRussia illegally used facial recognition to arrest protestor, human rights court rules : Politico‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza : The GuardianIsrael under pressure to justify its use of AI in Gaza : Politico Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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