Overview

• Veritone's Track AI enables law enforcement to follow individuals in video footage using physical attributes such as body size, clothing, and gait, avoiding facial recognition bans.
• The tool is currently used by 400 clients, including the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, state police, and universities, with plans to expand to live video feeds within a year.
• Civil rights groups like the ACLU have criticized Track as a 'potentially authoritarian technology,' warning it poses significant risks to privacy and could lead to abuse.
• Track operates outside the scope of existing biometric surveillance laws, exploiting regulatory gaps that exclude mutable characteristics like clothing and accessories.
• The tool's ability to assemble movement timelines across multiple video feeds has raised concerns about its potential for mass surveillance and unprecedented privacy invasions.