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We’re mapping how European governments use AI, country by country, starting with nine countries. Select one to see what’s coming.

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Find what is disclosed, ask for what is not, and see every trace of a system in one record.

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Search 2,214 disclosed systems from nine registers in one place, with an English translation next to every original.

face recognition
NetherlandsPolicing2 of 2,214 systems
CATCHNL · Politie · PoliceHigh-risk
Domain
Policing
Method
Face recognition
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Geautomatiseerde gezichtsvergelijkingNL · Gemeente Den Haag

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To: Gemeente ArnhemRe: Toekenning BijverdienbeloningLaw: Wet open overheid (Woo)
Please provide:Documentation of the systemImpact assessmentsAudits and training data
Deadline trackedFour weeks under the Dutch Woo.

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A register says what a government chose to tell. The 360° record puts every other trace of the same system beside it, each with its source.

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What we know so far.

Based on what governments have disclosed publicly.

2,214systems disclosed by European public bodies
578public bodies, from town halls to ministries
80per cent of them already in use
317use generative AI
87retired, and still on the record
49labelled high-risk by their own operators

Where governments use it

How all 2,214 systems work. Point at or tap a domain to see its own mix.