cloudwalk, facial recognition, state surveillance

A Surveillance Dystopia: Made in China, Exported Throughout the World

Cloudwalk, a Chinese state-backed AI startup based in Guangzhou, is at the forefront of a very dangerous technology — mass surveillance. Though the company claims that its tech “makes society safer” by helping authorities arrest more criminals, the fact that the system is being implemented in an authoritarian state like China betrays the positive image ...

Max Lu

Cloudwalk surveillance.