But to artificial intelligence security cameras, it’s an invisibility cloak that effectively conceals the person wearing it.China boasts a notorious state-of-the-art state surveillance system that is known to infringe on the privacy of its citizens and target the regime’s political opponents.There has been limited pushback; in 2020, a law professor won a lawsuit against a zoo in Hangzhou for collecting visitors’ facial biometric data without their consent, in the country’s first-ever case challenging the use of facial recognition technology.“Our privacy is exposed under machine vision.”“We designed this product to counter malicious detection, to protect people’s privacy and safety in certain circumstances.”According to Wei, the team’s future research plans include making other objects “invisible” to AI cameras—such as inanimate items and moving cars.“We are also working on this project to stimulate the development of existing machine vision technology, because we’re basically finding loopholes.”Follow Koh Ewe on Twitter and Instagram."