SenseTime co-founder dies, casting shadow over Chinese facial recognition giant
The billionaire founder of Chinese AI company SenseTime, Tang Xiao’ou, died last Friday due to health issues, the firm said…
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India is struggling with deepfakes and making tech platforms pay for it
India has a deepfake problem. On Thursday, co-founder of IT giant Infosys Narayana Murthy warned about deepfake videos of him…
As US schools rush into facial recognition, parents and students remain concerned
More than half of students and parents in the U.S. are concerned about using cameras with facial recognition to check…
Canada makes another move towards age verification for porn sites
A bill that would require Canadians to verify their age online before accessing pornography has advanced another step on its…
WPF calls for NIST and OECD to take over standard-setting for AI governance
Over the past years, governments from across the globe have begun to measure and improve artificial intelligence systems by building…
UK police use of facial recognition probed by lawmakers
Police in the UK have been ramping up the use of facial recognition technology with plans for further rollouts in…
Experian integrates behavioral analytics from NeuroID
After integrating services from IDVerse and Keyless this year, data analytics and consumer credit reporting company Experian announced it is…
AI Act leaves asylum seekers unprotected, the Balkans collect more migrant biometric data
European policymakers took another step towards ratifying the landmark AI Act, reaching a provisional deal after a marathon negotiation on…
European digital wallet framework endorsed by EU Parliament committee
A draft of the legal framework governing the European digital identity project has received endorsement from a European Parliament committee,…
EU’s provisional AI Act deal limits remote biometrics use after marathon negotiation
After a three-day marathon negotiation, the European Union has finally reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act. Late…
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