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China is building the world’s most powerful facial recognition system with the power to identify any one of its 1.3 billion citizens within three seconds launched by the Ministry of Public Security.
The goal is for the system to able to match someone’s face to their ID photo with about 90 per cent accuracy.
The system can be connected to surveillance camera networks and will use cloud facilities to connect with data storage and processing centres distributed across the country.
However, some researchers said it was unclear when the system would be completed, as the development was encountering many difficulties due to the technical limits of facial recognition technology and the large population base. Similar systems operate on a smaller level, including police databases and city or provincial ID pools.