Sogou uses biometrics to develop AI news anchor for hearing impaired
Chinese search engine developer Sogou has launched an AI sign language virtual news anchor based on biometric technology, reported to…
Biometric R&D
Biometric R&D refers to significant research and development in the biometrics sphere, from academia to applications. This includes market research, product development, awards recognition as well as new inventions and innovations.
Map services firm NextBillion.ai raises funds for “Facial AI and NLP” development
Microsoft’s corporate venture fund, M12, has placed $6.25 million in geospatial data startup NextBillion.ai, and its ambitions for enterprise AI,…
Rank One awarded $250K for face biometrics expansion by Colorado accelerator program
Rank One Computing has received a grant of $250,000 from a state government body to advance its face biometrics technology…
New fingerprint biometrics techniques unveiled by researchers
A new subsurface fingerprint biometric system unveiled by BitFlow can reportedly identify individuals from skin layers around 200−400 µm beneath…
Facebook touts unsupervised voice biometrics, AI infrastructure could speed things up
Voice biometrics were already poised to shoot past the underwhelming roles it performs today, and a new announcement by Facebook…
NIST kicks off public discussion about creating trust in AI
A U.S. federal agency is going back to basics to address AI’s fundamental weakness: It is distrusted by most of…
Innovatrics’ SmartFace biometrics updated with passive liveness detection on live video
Innovatrics SmartFace passive liveness detection on live video Innovatrics has released a new upgrade of its SmartFace biometric system to…
Biometrics accomplishments adding up for IrisGuard and Veridas
A pair of biometrics providers with substantially different missions are celebrating major milestones, with IrisGuard reaching the 20th anniversary of…
UK age-verification firms join related EU project
Members of a UK online safety association are part of an EU group working to create a reliable age verification…
Interoperability a challenge for touchless fingerprint biometrics, researcher tells EAB
Touchless fingerprint biometrics have reached good levels of useability and user acceptance, but challenges relating to performance and interoperability with…
