TopicFace recognition

Topic: Face recognition

How Ujjain’s Mahakal Lok is using AI, facial recognition to manage temple’s crowds & ensure security

Risha Chitlangia - July 25, 2023

After Tirupati & Kashi Vishwanath, Mahakal Lok Corridor of Mahakaleshwar temple is using tech to manage crowds of devotees. It has 700 high-res CCTV cameras & uses facial recognition tech.

AI isn’t just for future but the past too—it’s identifying Jews in photos from World War II

Victoria Masterson - August 7, 2022

Here are 6 ways the technology is being used around the world to help us understand the past and prepare for the future.

Want to see your dystopian future? Look at China

Cathy O'Neil - November 18, 2018

If people in China don’t recognise the danger of a snooping government, they might eventually be unable to protest against it.

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Why worry about water or jobs? In New Bharat, everybody wants to be an influencer

Shruti Vyas - August 2, 2025

In a country where unemployment is at a historic high, the national anxiety isn’t about jobs — it’s about reach. Aspirations have shifted from employment to engagement, from careers to content.