Conference to talk about the legal concerns with new government Surveillance Technology such as spatial Recognition Software and Artificial Intelligence. Calling the panel discussion, representative jimmy gomez talks about the congress is role of technology, this is an hour and 15 minutes. My name is Lisa Rosenberg im the executive director of open the government. I was hoping that representative jimmy gomez would be here to set the stage for this amazing panel. He is not here yet because of the congressional boat so i will do my best and we will hear from him when he arrives. I will say one thing i noticed, the reason we were excited to have representative gomez here is because he has personal experience having been misidentified by facial Recognition Software and he was identified as someone who had committed a crime. So i think that probably inspired him to kind of work to regulate this area a little bit and figure out whats going on with facial Recognition Software and some of thes
Identified as someone who had committed a crime. So i think that probably inspired him to kind of work to regulate this area a little bit and figure out whats going on with facial Recognition Software and some of these advanced technologies. We, too at open the government are trying to develop a framework and policy around these types of technologies. So we are pleased to release a report today, government inc. , amazon, Government Security and secrecy through my colleagues. Its also available out front. And if you havent already gotten a copy we hope you pick one up. Its an in depth look at the way that private companies provide advanced technology to the government, and how they are doing so in secret. We look at the impact of those technologies and the secrecys surrounding them, have on the military decisions, civil rights, and privacy. Now, there is so much we do not know about Artificial Intelligence systems. I certainly dont understand what goes into a computer and makes it spit
Congress extends controversial warrantless surveillance law for two years washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As Congress moves to vote on the reauthorization of federal surveillance powers, two major U.S. communications providers said they would stop complying with orders set to expire at midnight, according to people familiar with the matter.
Officials have long argued that the law is a vital means of collecting electronic communications on foreign government adversaries and terrorist groups.