Artificial intelligence companies have shown off their tracking technology at the World Internet Conference in China - giving a glimpse of how citizens are being watched everyday. Companies such as China's facial recognition start-up Face++ showed how their technology is already being used to identify and describe people. Another company - state-own telecommunications company China Telecom - showed how it can measure trash in garbage cans and spot fire hydrants that do not work. Another company - state-own telecommunications company China Telecom - showed how it can measure trash in garbage cans and spot fire hydrants that do not work. Pictured are delegates attend the opening ceremonyPeople look at Xiao Qiao robots during the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen.

Source: Daily Mail December 06, 2017 10:10 UTC