Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

When convenience meets surveillance: AI at the corner store

Jacksons Food Stores at South 38th Street and Pacific Avenue in Tacoma is testing facial recognition technology to prevent theft at its store. Some customers expressed concern that the store doesn’t have a sign informing patrons of the technology. (Melissa Hellmann / The Seattle Times)
Jacksons Food Stores at South 38th Street and Pacific Avenue in Tacoma is testing facial recognition technology to prevent theft at its store. Some customers expressed concern that the store doesn't have a sign informing patrons of the technology. (Melissa Hellmann / The Seattle Times)

At some convenience stores, an A.I. system may bar the door if you look like the suspected criminals in its database, or if you're wearing a mask. That's part of the growing use of facial recognition and video analytics, a trend that has some experts concerned about spreading surveillance of daily life.

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FILE- In this March 21, 2019 photo a robot called “Pepper” is positioned near an entrance to a Microsoft Store location, in Boston. Microsoft, a company that often tries to position itself as an early thinker on ethics and privacy issues, published its principles around developing artificial intelligence, released a short book that discussed the societal implications of the technology and has called for some government regulation of AI technologies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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In this Feb. 22, 2019, photo, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jeff Talbot demonstrates how his agency used facial recognition software to help solve a crime at their headquarters in Hillsboro, Ore. The image on the left shows a man whose face was captured on a surveillance camera and investigators used the software to scan their database of past mug shots to match that facial image with an identity. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) RPGF201

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An employee tests and packages the AXON police body cameras at the Taser International Inc. manufacturing facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Taser International Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 30. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg 551961733

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