GENEVA (AN) — A global push by humanitarian groups into technology and artificial intelligence opens the sector to data security risks, critics warn, and puts them at odds with private companies' cutting-edge tools.
The friction erupted this week when Amnesty International said its review of public records shows private technology company Palantir's AI tools are used to monitor non-U.S. citizens and pro-Palestine student protestors in the U.S., and to track migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.