The National Crime Records Bureau which reports to the Home Ministry is expected to procure the National Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) from third party vendors. This system is will boost the Police’s ability to nab criminals using AI.
Crux of the Matter
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), asked for bids for the AFRS on July 8. The winner of the bid will be announced on November 8.
Ministry of Home Affairs, NCRB and state police forces would be the main beneficiaries.
In a trial run last year, Delhi police identified 3000 missing children using this technology.
Cyber law experts as well as industry leaders in the field including Microsoft and Amazon have raised concerns regarding the need to have clear regulations to prevent misuse of the technology and to respect the privacy of citizens.
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Biometric Artificial Intelligence or facial recognition system is a technology capable of identifying a person from a digital image or video source. They work by comparing selected facial features from given image with faces within a database. Applications include advanced human-computer interaction, video surveillance, automatic indexing of images, and video database, among others. The leading face recognition software include Amazon Rekognition, Microsoft Face API, Google Cloud Vision and IBM Watson Visual Recognition, among others. Facial recognition has been made ubiquitous in China by AI startups like SenseTime, CloudWalk and Yitu. More Info
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