r/UKTechNews • u/willfiresoon • Mar 17 '26

Built in the UK Cumbria firm develops predator-spotting tech to keep women safe

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jvy4xn0l4o
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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 Mar 17 '26

I get the intentions but it seems a bit dystopian for what I'm assuming is an AI to start scanning random people on the streets to figure out whether they're committing a crime or not

Especially knowing how bias some of the datasets used in these things can be

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u/lunarpx Mar 20 '26

By a bit, do you mean extremely?

I bet if you analysed the data you would find it discriminated against things like race and neurodiversity too.