Influencers may crave attention by occupation, but a newAIexperiment shows they cant always control their admirers gazes.

Depoorter first recorded weeks of footage captured at Insta-friendly landmarks.

Next, he scrapedInstagramfor photos tagged with the camera locations.

AI stalks influencers in the wild to expose horrors of high-tech surveillance

His software then compared the Instagram images with the recorded footage.

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They were then matched to the film of their Instagram photos being taken.

Dries Depoorter’s project automatically tags Belgian politician when they use their phone on the daily livestreams.

He shared some examples on where else?

While the attention-seeking influencers may garner little sympathy, anyone can enter the crosshairs of AI surveillance.

Story byThomas Macaulay

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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.

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