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The Register: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition

Sep 4, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/sainsburys_lfr/ Source: The Register Title: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Feedly Summary: Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech…
The Register: xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups

Aug 29, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/xais_grok_has_no_place/ Source: The Register Title: xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups Feedly Summary: Bias, a lack of safety reporting, and the whole ‘MechaHitler’ thing are all the evidence needed, say authors Public advocacy groups are demanding the US government cease any use of xAI’s Grok in the…