“To arrest a suspect among 20,000 audience" the Chinese face recognition system became a discussion topic

Recently the NHK News On-line reported the following:

”観客２万人から容疑者拘束” 中国の顔認識システムが話題

5月22日 6時34分

中国で、コンサート会場に設置された監視カメラがおよそ２万人の観客の中から顔を識別して犯罪の容疑者の拘束に結びつけ、中国の画像認識システムの技術の高さを示すものだなどとして話題となっています。

警察の発表によりますと、２０日夜、浙江省嘉興で開かれた香港の有名歌手のコンサート会場で、詐欺の容疑で指名手配されていた男が警察に拘束されました。

この男は、コンサート会場を訪れたところを監視カメラに捉えられ画像認識システムで手配中の容疑者の顔と特定されたあと、警察に通報されたということです。

当時、コンサート会場には、およそ２万人の観客がいたということで、今回の容疑者拘束は、中国の画像認識システムの技術力の高さを示すものだなどとしてインターネット上で、話題となっています。

中国では、国をあげてＡＩ＝人工知能による画像認識技術の開発を進めていて、警察などが捜査に積極的に活用しています。

Translation

It was the security camera installed in a concert venue that distinguished a face from among approximately 20,000 audiences and linked to the arrest of a criminal suspect; it showed the high technology of the Chinese image recognition system and become a topic of discussion.

According to a police announcement, a man who was placed on the wanted list due to suspicion of cheating was put into custody by the police at a concert venue of a famous singer from Hong Kong held in Jiaxing of Zhejiang Province in the evening of the 20^th.

The man while was visiting the concert venue was caught by a security camera operated by an image recognition system. After being identified as a face of an wanted suspect, it was said that the police was notified.

At that time there were approximately 20,000 audience in the concert venue, the arrest of a suspect at this time indicated the high technical power of the Chinese image recognition system, it became a topic of discussion on the internet.

In China as a country, the development of image recognition technology by AI= artificial intelligence was being advanced, and the police was utilizing it for investigation aggressively.

So, you will have more safety in China, or will not you?