Big Brother is watching: China's AI CCTV can recognise 'anyone, anywhere'

Beijing firm Megvii, which is being backed by the Chinese government, is expanding the places in which its powerful Face software is rolled out. The company secured a distributor in Thailand after Chinese police were able to use the software in China to locate and arrest more than 3,000 fugitives. The technology works by identifying 106 different features on people's faces, so even if the face is partially covered, by a balaclava for example, it should still work. Face is already worth an estimated £1.5billion, according to Business Insider, and Megvii are in talks with commercial banks and building managers to deploy it for security purposes.