{"id":30436,"date":"2023-06-04T10:06:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T10:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/ai-can-turn-stalker-targeting-victims-using-facial-recognition-tools-experts-warn"},"modified":"2023-06-04T10:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T10:31:18","slug":"ai-can-turn-stalker-targeting-victims-using-facial-recognition-tools-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/ai-can-turn-stalker-targeting-victims-using-facial-recognition-tools-experts-warn","title":{"rendered":"AI Can \u2018Turn Stalker,\u2019 \u2018Targeting Victims\u2019 Using Facial Recognition Tools, Experts Warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Amid growing concerns about the recent strides made by artificial intelligence technology, software engineer and DeepAI founder Kevin Baragona was one of those who joined the likes of Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in signing an open letter calling for a pause in AI development.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence (AI) can use facial recognition technology for sinister purposes, such as \u201cstalking\u201d people, Kevin Baragona, founder of DeepAI. org, is cited as warning. All it would take is one\u2019s photo and the currently existing advanced AI-powered software, Baragona said.<\/p>\n

Baragona, who launched DeepAI in 2016 as an AI news portal, has witnessed his brainchild evolve into a deep learning platform, complete with AI chatbots and a text-to-image AI art generator.<\/p>\n

However, he has since been a vocal critic of the unbridled AI race, saying, \u201cSomeone should stop the AI industry. \u201d According to Baragona, one of the threats that ought to be addressed is the possibility of the United States government and law enforcement using AI \u201cin secrecy.<\/p>\n

\u201d The fears that the technology could offer access to people\u2019s online activity and real-life whereabouts echo a recent warning voiced by C.<\/p>\n

A. Goldberg, an American law firm. It added that advanced facial recognition technology is extremely effective at identifying individuals from images or videos.<\/p>\n

Even in the case of low quality images, such as those gleaned from surveillance cameras, or other online sources, could allow potential stalkers to track victims.<\/p>\n

The warnings about AI-powered facial recognition software come as a company called PimEyes in the UK has been facing a legal wrangle. Its online face search engine is tailored to scour the Internet for websites based on photos submitted by users.<\/p>\n

While the company insists that the \u201crisks of abusing PimEyes\u2019 services are reduced to possible minimum,\u201d and that databases are \u201csecured in accordance with the highest standards of data security,\u201d some are not convinced.<\/p>\n

UK civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch said it poses a \u201cgreat threat to privacy of millions of UK residents,\u201d according to a legal complaint. In a response statement, PimEyes underwscored, it \u201chad never been and is not a tool to establish the identity or details of any individual. \u201d<\/p>\n

But this is just one of many concerns that have turned from a trickle into a powerful chorus of voices arguing the dangers of AI developing too fast and becoming \u201csmarter\u201d than humans.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the year, Baragona, like Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, put his signature under an open letter calling for a six-month pause in the development of AI systems that are more advanced than GPT-4.<\/p>\n

According to the document, \u201cAI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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