Q&A
Q&A on NYPD's reporting of facial recognition tools
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez questions Alex Foard from OTI about NYPD's reporting of facial recognition tools in the Local Law 35 report. They discuss discrepancies between reported and publicly known information.
- NYPD has been using facial recognition since 2011
- The report indicates NYPD uses DataWorks as a vendor for facial recognition
- Public materials suggest NYPD also uses OpenAI tools, which are not reported
- Alex Foard doesn't have insight into the particulars of NYPD's tools or vendors
- Jennifer Gutiérrez expresses concern about the accuracy of published information
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:33:18
Thank you.
1:33:22
And my next question is related to PD reporting.
1:33:27
According to reports, PD has been using facial recognition since 2011.
1:33:32
The report indicates that PD uses data works as a vendor for their facial recognition tool.
1:33:38
However, there are many materials that show that NYPD also used OpenAI tools as well.
1:33:44
Do you can you share why the report only identifies data works.
Alex Foard
1:33:49
I don't have any insight into the particulars of the tool or its vendors.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:33:54
This is my second request.
Alex Foard
1:33:56
Happy to.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:33:57
Please.
1:33:58
It's just pretty it's just really public.
1:34:00
It's just pretty public.
1:34:01
Is all.
1:34:01
And so that's why I was very curious about kind of what mechanisms you all have.
1:34:06
I know it's not quality assurance, but it's like that level of, like, we need to make sure that what we're publishing on our letterhead is a 100% accurate, and then using OpenAI tools is is very public.
1:34:17
I wanted to ask about the it's another NYPD reporting of ShotSpotter.
1:34:24
I don't know if you're familiar.
Alex Foard
1:34:26
I'm familiar.
