Surveillance

Red Wolf, Blue Wolf: AI-Powered Facial Recognition and the Surveillance of Palestinians

Few places on Earth are as relentlessly surveilled as the occupied Palestinian territories.In the streets of Hebron, at crowded checkpoints in East Jerusalem, and in the...

July 16, 2025 July 16, 2025

By Zac Amos

Is AI Getting Better at Predicting Crime?

Sci-fi books and movies have imagined a future where police can predict crimes long before artificial intelligence (AI) made it possible. Now, it’s not just a...

March 1, 2025 March 1, 2025

Israel’s Trojan Horse: How Ghana’s Pegasus Purchase Ignites Privacy Concerns Across Africa

In the shadowy world of international espionage and digital surveillance, few names evoke as much controversy as Israel’s NSO Group and its infamous Pegasus spyware. As...

February 15, 2025 February 15, 2025

China’s Watchful Eye: AI Surveillance in Uganda

By Danya Golan, VP Marketing at Hailo

This marks the first in a series by Unite.AI exploring the growing connections between international government bodies and AI surveillance. Across the globe, state-driven surveillance programs...

January 28, 2025 January 28, 2025

By Danya Golan, VP Marketing at Hailo

A Delicate Balance: Protecting Privacy While Ensuring Public Safety Through Edge AI

In our modern age, communities face several emerging threats to public safety: rising urbanization, increased crime rates and the threat of terrorism. When addressing the combination...

January 14, 2025 January 14, 2025

By Zac Amos

Are AI-Powered Traffic Cameras Watching You Drive?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere today. While that’s an exciting prospect to some, it’s an uncomfortable thought for others. Applications like AI-powered traffic cameras are particularly...

September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023

By Zac Amos

AI Is Supercharging the Capabilities of Security Cameras

When you hear about security today, it’s often about cybersecurity — especially when AI’s involved. Still, the need for physical protection hasn’t gone away, and AI...

July 2, 2022 July 2, 2022

By Alex McFarland

Engineers Create AI Railroad Trespassing Detection Tool

By Alex McFarland

A team of engineers at Rutgers has developed an AI-enabled tool that can detect trespassing on railroad crossings, helping reduce the increasing number of fatalities taking...

June 30, 2022 June 30, 2022

By Alex McFarland

Kogniz Introduces Computer Vision Platform for Gun Detection

By Alex McFarland

Advanced AI-based computer vision company Kogniz has announced its ready-to-deploy gun detection module as part of the latest version of its technology, which predicts, detects, and...

March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022

By Zac Amos

The State of AI in Policing

Advanced technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), are leveraged by many companies in various industries to help fuel business growth, achieve efficiencies and support human workers.Organizations that...

April 11, 2020 April 11, 2020

By Karlyn McKell

How Smart Cities Can Defend Against Future Pandemics

By Karlyn McKell

As the virus causing COVID-19 spreads across the planet, people are questioning if governments and officials had the right plans prepared to handle a threat like...

April 7, 2020 April 7, 2020

Dr. Don Widener, Technical Director of BAE Systems’ Advanced Analytics Lab – Interview Series