Visitors experience facial recognition technology at the Megvii booth during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen in 2017. Photo: Reuters
Visitors experience facial recognition technology at the Megvii booth during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen in 2017. Photo: Reuters
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Chinese AI unicorn Megvii raises US$750 million ahead of planned IPO

  • Megvii’s technology is used by the Ministry of Public Security, assisting in over 5,000 arrests of wanted criminals since 2016

Topic |   Facial recognition
Sarah Dai
Sarah Dai

Updated: 2:44pm, 10 May, 2019

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Visitors experience facial recognition technology at the Megvii booth during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen in 2017. Photo: Reuters
Visitors experience facial recognition technology at the Megvii booth during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen in 2017. Photo: Reuters
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