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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Bosch launches platform for third-party AI security apps on IoT cameras

Bosch has launched an app store for artificial intelligence surveillance technologies to be integrated with IoT devices, Forbes reports. As…

 

Possibility of Chinese facial biometrics systems in Brazilian CCTV network raises concerns

The government of Brazil has introduced a bill to permit the installation of a network of security cameras with integrated…

 

UK national surveillance camera strategy updated to address human rights, data and technology

UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter has updated the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales with a strategy…

 

Australian commission to review biometric time and attendance impact on privacy

Australia’s Fair Work Commission will hear an appeal by a Queensland sawmill employee claiming his dismissal for refusing to participate…

 

ACM to host conference on algorithmic fairness, accountability, and transparency

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will host a conference on fairness, accountability and transparency in algorithmic systems from January…

 

Google Brain researcher discusses AI translator project

Google Brain research scientists have developed a tool for increasing the transparency of machine learning models, according to a Quanta…

 

Moscow to expand facial biometrics to more of massive surveillance camera network in 2019

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says the city will expand its network of cameras equipped with facial recognition from the subway…

 

FacePhi previews major gains in revenues and net profit from biometric banking services

FacePhi has announced estimated licensing revenues for its facial biometric services for banks to €4.48 ($5.09) million for 2018, an…

 

New Alipay facial recognition payment system broadly deployed to historic shopping street

A facial recognition payment system extending along a street historically known for shopping in Wenzhou City, China has been deployed…

 

Sberbank deploys fingerprint payments with grocery chain and reaches biometric registration goal

Russia’s Sberbank has partnered with supermarket chain Azbuka Vkusa to enable customers to pay with fingerprint biometrics at 20 stores…

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