Category: damien patton

Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company’s AI surveillance deals

Post author By Randall
Post date May 9, 2020
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, banjo, bias, damien patton, facial recognition, gear, Internet, mass surveillance, News, Privacy, racism, surveillance, Tech, utah

[ad_1] Utah had put its surveillance contract with Banjo on hold after learning that Patton had been a KKK member as a teenager, and had joined a group leader in a drive-by shooting. Patton had renounced his past and vowed that it didn’t affect his company’s practices, but Utah paused its use of the technology […]

Utah pauses Banjo’s AI surveillance after learning of owner’s racist past

Post author By Randall
Post date April 28, 2020
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, banjo, bias, damien patton, facial recognition, gear, mass surveillance, News, Privacy, racism, surveillance, Tech, utah

[ad_1] Utah is putting its AI surveillance system on ice after learning of its creator’s background. The state has suspended (via Salt Lake Tribune) Banjo’s contract after learning from a OneZero report that company head Damien was part of the Dixie Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as a teenager and joined the racist group’s […]