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Supermarket facial recognition failure: why automated systems must put the human factor first
AI errors and human errors cannot be avoided entirely. AI security protocols with “humans in the loop” need more careful safeguards that respect customer rights and protect against stereotyping.
Substantial AI regulation - EU first off the blocks
Many countries – including New Zealand – will be keenly watching how the application of the AI Act unfolds and how its principles might be used or adapted elsewhere.
The secret sauce of Coles’ and Woolworths’ profits: high-tech surveillance and control
As the largest private-sector employers and providers of essential household goods, the supermarkets play an outsized role in public life. Indeed, they are such familiar places that technological developments there may fly under the radar of public attention.
Privacy watchdog keeping close eye on facial recognition trial
The big potential problem the Privacy Commissioner has flagged is the very real potential for cases of mistaken identity and bias in the system