Artificial Intelligence is transforming surveillance cameras from passive sentries into active observers. Schools, such as the Fulton County School District, are among the most enthusiastic adopters.

Why Adams Wants to Expand Facial Recognition Tech While Other Cities Are Banning It

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 9, 2022

As part of his Blueprint to End Gun Violence, Mayor Adams wants to expand the use surveillance technologies, like facial recognition software, to track down potential suspects. Albert Fox Cahn, founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), practitioner-in-residence at N.Y.U Law School’s Information Law Institute, a fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and Ashoka, talks about what the mayor has said, and the known pitfalls and controversies around such tech.

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