Google Photos Used to Identify Civilians in Gaza: New York Times

Israel's military intelligence has been employing an experimental facial recognition program in Gaza, which has mistakenly identified Palestinian civilians as having connections to Hamas, according to The New York Times. The program, which utilizes technology from the private Israeli company Corsight, was initially launched to locate Israeli hostages but was expanded to identify individuals linked to Hamas or other militant groups. Despite the technology's promise to accurately recognize individuals under challenging conditions, it has faced issues with inaccuracies, including false positives and incorrect flagging of Palestinians as associated with Hamas. Google Photos is mentioned in relation to the program, but there seems to be no direct collaboration with Google. Concerns have been raised about the program's reliability and the consequences of its misidentifications.