Facial recognition technology: How gardaí plan to use AI in major crime investigations
Dr Daragh Murray’s research has been featured in a News Spotlight for the Irish Examiner looking at the proposed introduction of AI tools by the gardaí, the Irish national police force, to speed up investigations.
The former garda commissioner Drew Harris has said that the introduction of AI tools, including facial recognition technology (FRT), would speed up many investigations, using the Dublin riots in November 2023 as a key example. However, many experts and groups warn of the risks to peoples’ privacy, and of the technology’s deep-rooted biases.
Dr Daragh Murray’s 2023 article for The Modern Law Review was cited in the piece as evidence of the possible harms of FRT. In the article Dr Murray claims it “would affect the ‘rights of privacy, expression, and assembly’, but also interfere with ‘the societal processes by which individuals develop their identity and engage politically’”.
Read the full News Spotlight on the Irish Examiner.
More information:
- Dr Daragh Murray is Reader in International Law and Human Rights at Queen Mary University of London.