Regulatory bodies close in on AI chatbots as LLMs face greater scrutiny
As regulators roll out online safety laws designed to protect kids from harms associated with porn and social media, a…
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ICE awards Clearview AI $9.2M facial recognition contract
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) investigative arm has significantly expanded its reliance on controversial facial recognition technology, awarding a…
Synolo forms 3 partnerships to distribute infant fingerprint biometrics in Brazil
Synolo Biometrics has formed commercial partnerships with a trio of companies that are already established as biometrics providers in Brazil…
NIST pushes criminal justice agencies toward MFA to secure sensitive data
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a sweeping new report urging criminal justice agencies to adopt…
Entrust, Nasdaq, Equifax layer identity, transaction analytics to fight fraud
Global financial services companies Entrust, Nasdaq and Equifax are integrating face biometrics or behavioral analytics with transactional details to improve…
Intermediary age assurance provider collecting user data on specific URLs, more
A firm claiming to provide “double blind” age assurance services to pornography sites adapting to France’s online safety law has…
NIST results show versatility, maturity of touchless biometrics: Identy
Noteworthy among the most recent submissions to the Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) Evaluation by the U.S. National Institute of Standards…
Nein telefon heim: Germany aims to quell fears about server retrieval in EUDI wallet
The “phone home” debate over digital identity systems that could use server retrieval continues, as Germany’s government faces questions about…
Public gets chance to invest in World’s biometric digital ID through $270M deal
A group of American crypto investors believe that World’s iris biometrics can provide the universal foundation for digital identity that…
Brits support national identity scheme but divided on digital ID
A majority of British citizens – 57 percent – support the introduction of a national ID card, a new survey…
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