The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s opened industry applications for its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally. The department’s Science and Technology…
Facial Recognition
A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a two- or three-dimensional digital image or a frame from a video source. It is typically used in security systems alone or in combination with other factors. Can also be used to perform liveness detection. Find facial recognition solutions here.
Emza model delivers low-resource facial recognition on edge hardware from Alif
Israeli edge AI sensor-maker Emza Visual Sense and edge hardware startup Alif Semiconductor have announced a collaboration to demonstrate Emza’s facial…
US senators want FTC probe into ID.me
A group of Democratic senators led by Senator Ron Wyden have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ID.me for allegedly…
AI industry, government will have to dig deep to end racial bias in algorithms: Brookings
To solve bias in facial recognition in the United States, first at least address systemic racial bias in the culture,…
Researcher explores Clearview facial recognition, GDPR allegations and enforcement
The collection of biometric data from public images by Clearview AI violates European data protection law, but there is little privacy…
Singapore data protection agency outlines responsible biometric security uses
The Singaporean Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has published a guideline for the responsible use of biometric data in security applications…
Miami International Airport plans for biometric boarding at all gates by 2023
Miami International Airport (MIA) says all of its passenger gates will feature face biometric boarding by 2023 to forge what the…
Facial recognition in Europe: what’s happening and how can people be protected?
Two new reports aim to establish the status quo of the use of facial recognition in Europe in public places…
Innovatrics and Blaize partner up for facial recognition security at the edge
Innovatrics partners with edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI) company Blaize to build facial recognition applications for physical access control and…
Government digital identity projects hit milestones as next-generation approaches weighed
Developments in face biometrics applications, legal wrangling and databases inspired several of the most widely-read stories on Biometric Update this…
