New Zealand Police tested facial-recognition software Clearview AI without necessary clearance from authorities or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Stuff reports. Police decided not to use the technology after the two-month trial by a team in the “high tech crime unit,” during which dozens of searches for suspects were conducted. Detective Inspector Tom Fitzgerald said 150 searches were conducted of police volunteers and approximately 30 searches of people of interest, which involved roughly five suspects.
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