Facial recognition on the Ukrainian battlefield

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War zones are often places where new technology is unleashed and tested. Amid the war in Ukraine, one particular technology has taken hold within the Ukrainian army: facial recognition. We have the story of a program called Clearview AI and the questions that swirl around how it’s used on the Ukrainian battlefield. Dina Temple-Raston of Click Here reports.

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