‘Orwellian’ AI lie detector project challenged in EU court – TechCrunch

High-tech lie detector used at Europe borders face scrutiny

A lie detector driven by artificial intelligence and trialled at European Union borders is the focus of a lawsuit that hopes to bring more transparency over the bloc’s funding of “ethically questionable” technology, its proponent said.Patrick Breyer, a European lawmaker, is requesting the release of EU Research Agency (REA) documents evaluating the 4.5 million euro ($5.4 million) trial of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) lie detectors to …

‘Orwellian’ AI lie detector project challenged in EU court – TechCrunch

A legal challenge was heard today in Europe’s Court of Justice in relation to a controversial EU-funded research project using artificial intelligence for facial ‘lie detection’ with the aim of speeding up immigration checks. The transparency lawsuit against the EU’s Researc…

EU’s lie-detecting virtual border guards face court scrutiny

The European Union’s top court will on Feb 5 hear a case brought by a digital rights activist over a pilot project that used lie-detecting avatars to quiz travellers on EU borders. Read full story

EU's lie-detecting virtual border guards face court scrutiny

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