Facial Recognition In China Is Big Business As Local Governments Boost Surveillance

The entrance to SenseTime headquarters in Beijing shows who among the company's employees is inside the office and who is not (faded and tinted blue). The entrance to SenseTime headquarters in Beijing shows who among the company's employees is inside the office and who is not (faded and tinted blue). Dozens of cameras meet visitors to the Beijing headquarters of SenseTime, China's largest artificial intelligence company. One of them determines whether the door will open for you; another tracks your movements. The one that marketing assistant Katherine Xue is gazing into, in the company's showroom, broadcasts an image of my face with white lines emanating from my eyes, nose and corners of my mouth.