FBI Plans to Use Amazon Facial Recognition to Detect Illegal Content
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FBI plans to use Amazon's Rekognition AI system to analyze images and videos for illegal content.
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System, called Project Tyr, will be used to detect nudity, weapons, explosives.
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Comes despite growing concerns about warrantless surveillance by FBI.
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Amazon previously banned police from using Rekognition but allowed government agencies.
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Privacy advocates express concerns about lack of oversight on how FBI uses invasive surveillance tech.