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AI’s novel risks, facial recognition, child safety keeping UK privacy chief busy

By Frank Hersey ( May 19, 2025, 14:50 GMT | Comment) -- AI is an unstoppable technology that is revealing whole new landscapes of concern for data protection, the UK's chief privacy regulator said in a wide-ranging speech in his native New Zealand. Live facial recognition is the next priority for his office, he said, and he revealed discussions with a US administration concerned with how to tackle child privacy, as well as some expectations for UK court cases involving TikTok and Clearview AI. Artificial intelligence is revealing whole new landscapes of concern for data protection, the UK's chief privacy regulator has said in a speech that also took in his agency's priority to tackle live facial recognition and expectations of upcoming data protection court fights involving TikTok and Clearview AI....

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