Israel used Google Photos, facial recognition to identify Gazans, mistook them for having ties to Hamas

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Israel has been using a facial recognition program that is based on tech from Google Photos that has misidentified several Gazans as people with ties to Hamas. The program was first deployed to help IDF bring back abducted Israelis from Gaza A recent report by The New York Times has shed some light on Israel’s military intelligence operations in Gaza, who have been using an experimental facial recognition program with alarming consequences. The IDF or Israel Defense Forces have apparently been using a facial recognition program, developed by a private Israeli company Corsight. The facial recognition technology, which relies on...