“I think we need to pause the technology and let the rest of it catch up,” said Meredith Whittaker, co-director of New York University’s AI Now Institute and a witness at the hearing.
She argued rules needed to be put in place requiring consent for facial recognition software. Currently, in the US it is enough for a person to be able to see the camera to grant consent.
Ms Whittaker said corporate interest should not be allowed to “race ahead” and incorporate this technology into their systems without safeguards.