Programa do Ministério da Justiça admite monitorar 'alvo' sem justificativa
2024-10-09
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The Brazilian Ministry of Justice's AI-powered Córtex system allows 55,000 officials to monitor individuals and vehicles in real time nationwide without judicial authorization or justification. This mass surveillance, lacking transparency and oversight, has led to significant privacy violations and potential misuse, raising serious human rights concerns.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The Córtex system is an AI system as it performs real-time monitoring and data processing to track people and vehicles. Its use without judicial authorization or justification directly leads to violations of human rights, particularly privacy rights, and breaches legal protections intended to safeguard fundamental rights. The article indicates that this monitoring is actively occurring, not just a potential risk, thus constituting an AI Incident under the framework's definition of violations of human rights caused by AI system use.[AI generated]