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AI Video Surveillance Enables Natural Language Queries

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Schneier on Security ·

AI is transforming video surveillance by allowing natural language queries on footage, moving beyond preset searches. This enables mass spying capabilities, as seen in Israel/Iran and Russia. The technology expands surveillance reach far beyond previous computer and network-based methods.

Meridian48 take
The article rightly highlights the leap in surveillance capability, but understates the privacy and civil liberties implications of unrestricted AI-driven video analysis.
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