South Africa seeks facial recognition for police body, dashboard cameras
South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency is seeking a supplier to equip its national police with facial recognition integrated with…
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.
CBP seeks walk-through biometric facial comparison at 38 airport terminals
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking a biometric capture system that can photograph Global Entry travelers while they…
Meta’s smart glasses privacy defense falters when AI can use camera without recording light
Meta has spent months defending its rapidly expanding line of AI glasses by pointing to a small white light. The…
Instructure adds Veriff biometric ID checks to Parchment transcript requests
Students ordering official transcripts through Parchment may soon be asked to prove their identity with a government-issued document and a…
Clearview AI prototype points to next phase of facial recognition: identity intelligence
Clearview AI has developed an experimental AI tool that could extend a facial recognition search into broader automated research on…
UIDAI expands Aadhaar face authentication with native SDK, developer sandbox
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched new tools to simplify Aadhaar face authentication, which has continued to…
Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment
The cliché popularized by Spider-Man movies that “with great power comes great responsibility” clashes with the popular quote by English…
NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo
Being able to pay just with your face is steadily becoming mainstream reality. In Japan, NEC and SoftBank Payment Service…
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses
Meta Platforms is facing a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit accusing the company of using photographs from Facebook and Instagram…
Scotland’s biometrics commissioner calls for new public surveillance strategy
Scotland’s Biometrics Commissioner is calling for a new national strategy for public-space surveillance, arguing that the country’s 2011 CCTV framework…
