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Updated · 404 Media · Sep 1

Simon Weckert Unveils AI-Evading Shirt in Berlin as Police Deploy 1st Object-Recognition Cameras

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Updated · 404 Media · Sep 1

Simon Weckert Unveils AI-Evading Shirt in Berlin as Police Deploy 1st Object-Recognition Cameras

1 articles · Updated · 404 Media · Sep 1

A patterned button-down by Berlin artist Simon Weckert made a camera’s green “PERSON” box vanish when held in front of a subject, demonstrating what he calls “digital camouflage.”
The shirt is designed to confuse AI surveillance systems that classify people, vehicles, animals and bicycles, and can also flag lying down, loitering, fighting or abandoned packages.
Berlin police recently installed the city’s first object-recognition surveillance cameras outside Kotbusser Tor, a busy subway stop, prompting Weckert’s response to AI tracking of people’s movements and behavior.
Weckert said such systems could trigger police attention toward vulnerable people, including homeless individuals detected lying on the ground, underscoring broader concerns about automated public-space monitoring.

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