To explore these issues, listen to the session or watch the recording below.
Over the past 25 years, the United States has invested billions of dollars in a network of surveillance towers along the southern border, designed to detect and apprehend border crossers while purportedly saving lives. However, a comprehensive investigation by MIT Technology Review has documented over a thousand individuals who traversed areas monitored by these towers without being reached or apprehended, ultimately losing their lives in the process. Notably, some were under the watch of advanced AI-powered towers intended to automatically identify people.
This research reveals a humanitarian crisis that is more visible than previously understood, underscoring the repeated failures of the virtual wall to fulfill its core security promise. Join a discussion that examines the shortcomings of border surveillance technology and shares the stories of those who die in the borderlands.
Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief; James O’Donnell, senior AI reporter; and Eileen Guo, senior features and investigations reporter.
