A pair of chip firms announce new depth and distance platform for face biometrics
An indirect time of flight platform for 3D imaging and facial recognition has been announced by Tower Semiconductor. The company…
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Hoping for better laws, a facial recognition primer for Congress is published
Assuming that informed electors make the best decisions, a major R&D nonprofit has published a crash course on face biometrics,…
Dutch grocer thinks loophole makes face biometrics legal in its store
A year after shutting off its facial recognition system under regulatory pressure, a Dutch supermarket wants to plug it back…
More ‘Uighur alarms’ found in China — this time an Alibaba face biometrics feature
It sounds like the set up for a grade school racist joke. China’s dominant e-commerce firm Alibaba reportedly offers a…
EU agency pushing for research into how AI will affect fundamental human rights
In a world awash in new authoritarian sentiment, it is notable that the European Union has published a lengthy report…
Researchers describe profound complexity of biometrics ethics puzzle
No one knowledgeable expected it would be easy to take the bias out of AI, but it is common even…
DHS must table self-serving biometrics report — EPIC
A First Amendment advocacy group has strongly criticized a new Homeland Security report for ignoring the price Americans might pay…
Tone-deaf AI advocates need a transparency algorithm
Some in the facial recognition community complain that opponents will never be satisfied there is enough transparency in the development…
Fingers crossed for balanced federal facial recognition regulation under Biden
A new occupant in the White House has some in the privacy community hopeful that meaningful federal and state controls…
Huawei accused of using ethnicity-based biometrics to develop alert for Chinese authorities
In a development that might finally get U.S. biometrics firms to walk the corporate-responsibility talk when it comes to how…
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