'Surveillance tech can't be used at the cost of citizens' interests'

Steps Taken For Facial Recognition Need To Be Shared With Public First: KTR

Hyderabad: Industry and IT minister KT Rama Rao said gaining citizens’ confidence is crucial and a big challenge while using latest technologies like facial recognition and artificial intelligence (AI).

Participating in a panel discussion on ‘AI on the street: Managing trust in the public square’ at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the minister said the government should be unbiased on the use of such technologies and citizens should not be surveilled unless they have been notified.

“Every single step that the government will take to use facial recognition needs to be shared with the public first before it is being used by the government organisations. This needs to be formally bestowed upon them following the rules of democracy,” he said.

He further said: “We are well versed in AI, ML, blockchain, data sciences and the risks that come with the use of these technologies and the data being used must be fully secured and security must be verified.”