The register
Every known AI-related Incident in New Zealand.
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Police investigators put sensitive case material into unapproved AI and translation tools
Police documents released to RNZ under the Official Information Act show investigators used AI and translation tools in risky ways that broke police rules. In one case about 350,000 lines…
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Severity 2 of 5, Moderate
Privacy Commissioner inquiry into supermarket facial recognition trial finds misidentifications
The Privacy Commissioner’s inquiry into Foodstuffs North Island’s facial recognition trial documented multiple misidentification cases across the trial period. The inquiry attributed those cases primarily to human error in the…
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Severity 4 of 5, Serious
Police ran secret Clearview AI facial-recognition trial without authorisation
New Zealand Police trialled facial-recognition software from US firm Clearview AI for two months in 2020, running roughly 180 searches, without briefing the Police Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner, or Cabinet.…