Summary:
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AI Security Initiative: Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei has established the Artificial Intelligence Applied to Security Unit to use machine-learning algorithms for analyzing historical crime data to predict future crimes. The initiative also includes deploying facial recognition software and monitoring social media.
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Real-Time Surveillance: The new unit will utilize real-time security camera footage to detect suspicious activities, aiming to enhance security by anticipating disturbances and identifying movements of criminal groups.
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Human Rights Concerns: Human rights organizations are alarmed by the potential for the technology to disproportionately scrutinize certain societal groups and the lack of clarity regarding access to the data by security forces, raising significant privacy and civil liberty issues.
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