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AK: We just launched the cloud face recognition software platform, which is available for every business to plug into and use for their own recognition tasks. But we will thoroughly monitor its usage and ban those organisations and people who try to use it inappropriately. AK: Facial recognition technology can simplify our lives. It can be used for security, as part of ID checks at e-gates, or realtime criminal CCTV searches; it can be used in retail to display targeted advertising; in dating services to let users search by photo; or in banking to improve credit and ID checks. It can even be used in entertainment – by casinos who let you have your own gambling profiles, or amusement parks who want to send you personalised photos of you on rides.