Monday, July 01, 2019


Paranoia or common sense?
When convenience meets surveillance: AI at the corner store
Before patrons can enter the basic convenience store at the corner of South 38th Street and Pacific Avenue, a camera under a red awning will take a picture and use artificial intelligence (AI) to decide whether the image matches any in a database of known robbers and shoplifters at that location.
That’s a privacy violation because you should be notified about it,” Diharce said on a recent morning.
… It’s now deactivated after a test last month, but when it’s turned back on, a sign at the front of the store will notify customers that facial recognition technology is in use, and a speaker will ask customers to look at the camera. The door won’t unlock if someone is wearing a mask or if the person has been previously flagged for criminal activity by in-store camera footage.
… The platform is not connected to a criminal database, so a store manager must flag a suspected shoplifter’s image to receive a notification when the person approaches the store again. Names and personal data aren’t gathered by the system, and the company recommends its users only store images of nonflagged customers for 24-48 hours, while suspected shoplifters are kept in the database.




Perspective.
The T-Shaped Factor: An Exposure to Tech in Law School
Via LLRX The T-Shaped Factor: An Exposure to Tech in Law School Saba Samanian is a recent graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School. She provides her perspective on the future of the legal profession concerning the intersection of law, technology, access to justice, and her responsibility to be technically competent as she enters the profession.




Perspective.
Nielsen reports a record half a trillion on-demand music streams in U.S. so far this year
Music streaming services have already delivered a new high of half a trillion (507.7 billion) on-demand streams in the first half of 2019, according to Nielsen’s mid-year Music Report released this week. This record number — an increase of 31.6% over the first half of last year — was attributed to the success of singles and albums from Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Khalid, BTS, Lil Nas X, and Bad Bunny, among other factors.
For example, the report also noted the outsized impact of TikTok and its global audience of 500 million monthly users.
No emerging app helped break more songs in 2019 than TikTok,” Nielsen said.


(Related) Cute but trivial. Do we even know how to identify the next Mozart? What is the test for an Einstein? Or a Michelangelo?
Memes Are the New Pop Stars: How TikTok Became the Future of the Music Industry
Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ is both a chart-topping phenomenon and a turning point for the music business. Here’s what happens when a social media platform becomes a label.




Wally, in a nutshell.



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