King’s coronation: Controversial AI tech deployed alongside record-setting 5G network - The Fact Factory

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Tuesday, 9 May 2023

King’s coronation: Controversial AI tech deployed alongside record-setting 5G network


Last week Saturday, over 20 million viewers from across the UK tuned in to watch the coronation of King Charles III, making it the country’s most-watched TV event of the year. Another approximately two million took to the streets of London, under the close watch of AI.  In the lead-up to the coronation, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that it would deploy live facial recognition technology — which scans faces and matches them against a list of people wanted for alleged crimes — across central London to identify potentially dangerous individuals mingling in the crowds.  During the event, the software scanned…

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