UK launches facial recognition drive against shoplifters
The UK is launching a wide-ranging initiative against shoplifting that includes introducing facial recognition technology to capture offenders. On Monday,…
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.
AI Act exemptions, cut-outs and broad mandates top issues late in bill’s negotiations
As the fifth round of trilogue negotiations on the European Union’s proposed AI Act began this week in the EU…
Muslim-fearing nation and fearful Muslim nation rumored building biometric monitor network
Two of the world’s most rigidly authoritarian regimes have deep-seated problems with Islam and intend to erase their problems using…
PimEyes sees use by Australian police, enacts ban on searches for children
The controversial Tbilisi-based facial recognition website PimEyes, which lets users upload photos of anonymous people and scrapes the Internet for…
New public policy group forms to address AI risks
A U.S. advocate for civil rights affected by technology has created a new unit that will work on AI-related risks….
Biometric payments for public transit coming to Dubai, Moscow system marks 80M trips
As biometric payments makes its way into Dubai’s commuter operations, Moscow passengers have made over 80 million trips using the…
Israel is using Amazon Rekognition to locate missing and dead
Amazon’s facial recognition system Rekognition is being used in Israel to locate missing and dead after a deadly attack by…
Biometrics’ convergence with digital identity, wallets sparks resurgence of investment
Biometrics is backing a range of national government programs and technical standards for digital identity in some of the most-read…
Safety, privacy professionals caution against facial recognition in US schools
As facial recognition deployments and restrictions proliferate among American schools, observers are calling for sober evaluation of claims made by…
Texas university launching large synthetic face biometrics training dataset
Using synthetic data instead of real people’s faces to train facial recognition systems has been gaining ground among biometrics companies…
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