To combat fraud: Meta launches facial recognition option in the UK

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/3C/f8/ib-f8/ib-f8jeqj3_fbee676d.jpg" Alt = "to fight fraud: Meta launches facial recognition option in the UK"/> ~ ~ < P > Meta & nbsp; launched & nbsp; new AI tools in the United Kingdom to recognize faces and to protect accounts. We tell you how it works and why is it important.

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< P > Last year META has started international testing tools to recognize fraud and account recovery. According to the company, there were two problems:

< Ul > < li > Fraud using photo celebrities;

< LI > Break Facebook Accounts or Instagram;

< p > now the company is testing these tools in the UK. In countries where testing lasts longer & mdash; already introduce fraud protection using celebrities.

< p >Meta has received permission to use facial recognition technology in the United Kingdom after negotiation with regulators. The company plans to both protect public persons from fraudulent advertising and check users using video selphi. & Amp; nbsp;

< P > Both functions will use the technology of face recognition, but META assures that the data will not be stored and will not be used for other purposes. Although Meta is not once & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; that she did not stop fraudsters in illegal assignment < P > Similar tools, but to monitor people's behavior already exist in China. There, a system of face recognition registers almost every citizen of the country. Database leak in 2019 & nbsp; recorded & nbsp; more than 6.8 million entries in one day made of cameras located around hotels, parks, tourist places and mosques.

~ ~ ~ ~ > < h2 class = "wp-block-glading" > why is it important

< p > The problem of using artificial intelligence for people's delusion is spreading. Yes, in January this year, a fraudster who & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; herself for Brad Pitt, with the help of artificial intelligence made 830,000 euros and even forced a deceived woman to part with her husband.

~ ~ < P > In fact, testing tools to counteract fraud occurs against the background of active development of artificial intelligence. Meta claims that its development does not carry risks, as opposed to other potential applications of AI, such as in military sphere.

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