. Two people died and five were injured in Kawardha district, Chhattisgarh after a home theater gifted to a newly married man exploded. Officials suspect that explosives were inside the theater and the investigation is underway. US President Joe Biden called on the tech community to ensure safety of products produced by AI to prevent any unintentional damage to humans.
When John Honovich, a founder of a small publication covering video surveillance technology, researched the world's largest security camera manufacturer, Hikvision, he stumbled upon something startling: its AI-powered system was being used at Mount Tai in Shandong to detect the ethnicity of visitors. IPVM's article, co-authored by Honovich and Charles Rollet, uncovered financial abuses by the leading video survelinence companies - Hikvision and Dahua - in China's Xinjiang province. This has led to pressure for the cameras to be removed, financial institutions distancing themselves and a shift in fortune for the two companies.
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