Swearingen Says 31 Million AI Tests Beat 11 Camera Models in Def Con Flock Trial
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Updated · TechSpot · Aug 10
Swearingen Says 31 Million AI Tests Beat 11 Camera Models in Def Con Flock Trial
3 articles · Updated · TechSpot · Aug 10
Summary
A 2009 Toyota Yaris wrapped in Bill Swearingen’s pattern passed a Flock camera at Def Con, and he said the public test showed the software failed to recognize the vehicle.
31 million tests over the past year trained his noRecognition system to generate adversarial patterns that target the software layer, not the camera, so footage remains visible while detection may fail.
11 open-source detection algorithms were defeated in Swearingen’s testing, including software tied to Flock license plate readers, Axon body cameras and Clearview AI, with new patterns now produced every minute.
Kansas City surveillance concerns and unease about protest tracking drove the project, which is crowdfunding T-shirts and hoodies while keeping its strongest patterns private to slow camera makers’ countermeasures.