Amazon facial recognition falsely matched 28 in Congress with mugshots in ACLU experiment
U.S. Congress includes 28 individuals matched to arrest photos by Amazon’s facial recognition technology, according to a blog post by…
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.
Big Brother Watch takes UK police to court over use of public facial recognition as trials continue
Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch has filed a legal challenge to the use of automatic facial recognition by UK…
SensibleVision CEO George Brostoff criticizes Microsoft call for facial recognition regulation
The specific modality being used is not the most appropriate criteria for applying government regulation to biometrics, according to a…
Amazon to continue selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement
Amazon will not make any changes to the way it markets and provides facial recognition and other technologies to U.S….
Herta finishes in top 3 at biometric technology rally hosted by Homeland Security and NIST
Herta has placed in the top three facial recognition vendors, with scores among the highest for efficiency, customer satisfaction, and…
Facial recognition system deployed at Hong Kong-Shenzhen border
Chinese authorities have installed facial recognition systems at two border checkpoints between Hong Kong and Shenzhen to catch people transporting…
Rights group calls on Australia to prohibit biometric mass surveillance
Human rights advocacy group Access Now has panned Australia’s lack of attention to human rights while implementing its digitization agenda,…
Cadence and ArcSoft collaborate on AI vision applications including facial unlock
Electronic design company Cadence Design Systems and imaging intelligence company ArcSoft have developed a suite of AI and vision applications…
Panasonic’s new facial recognition engine scores most accurate in NIST testing
The core engine of Panasonic Business’ new deep learning facial recognition platform Face Server, developed jointly with the National University…
Facial recognition unicorns SenseTime and Megvii raising combined $1.6B
Investment capital continues to pour into Chinese facial recognition firms, as Bloomberg reports that SenseTime could receive nearly $1 billion…
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