Thu Nov 17, 2022 – 2:16 pm EST
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(Reclaim The Net) — Spanish police will soon be allowed to use an automatic facial recognition tool, dubbed ABIS (automatic biometric identification system), which uses artificial intelligence to identify suspects from a database that is currently under development.
ABIS uses an algorithm called Cogent, which is developed by the French military technology company Thales. The program compares images introduced by the police, like an image obtained from a security camera, to images stored in a database, which will contain over five million images of suspects and detainees already on file. Those arrested after the system is launched will be added to the database.
The database will not use images from civil database records, like the database containing photos used for national identity documents.
The ministry of interior said they have been working on the system for three years. The ministry said that ABIS will be used to investigate serious crimes and insists it will not be used for surveillance.
In Spain, police have two ways of identifying suspects when there is
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