A private Israeli software company. It developed an AI-powered facial recognition tool for the Israeli military, which has used it to surveil Palestinians during the Gaza genocide.
Corsight AI, based in Israel and jointly owned by Israeli company Cortica and Canadian venture capital firm Awz Ventures, is a private software company that develops facial recognition technologies.
Corsight developed an AI-based facial recognition application for the Israeli military, which has used it to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza. According to the New York Times, "Israeli soldiers entering Gaza were given cameras equipped with the technology. Soldiers also set up checkpoints along major roads that Palestinians were using to flee areas of heavy fighting, with cameras that scanned faces."