Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images On Thursday, officials in the UK pledged to roll out a country-wide facial recognition system to help police track down criminals. The country’s ministers have launched a 10-week consultation to analyze the regulatory and privacy framework of their AI-powered surveillance panopticon — but one way or another, the all-seeing eye is on its way. There’s just one tiny wrinkle: the AI facial re