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Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is a multinational technology company focusing in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Its easy-to-use Rekognition API allows you to automatically identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities, as well as detect any inappropriate content. Developers can quickly build a searchable content library to optimize media workflows, enrich recommendation engines by extracting text in images, or integrate secondary authentication into existing applications to enhance end-user security. With a wide variety of use cases, Amazon Rekognition enables you to easily add the benefits of computer vision to your business.
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AWS and Pindrop named in voice biometric data privacy lawsuit as cases test liability limits
Plaintiffs in a biometric data privacy suit say Amazon Web Services’ call center operations fall under the jurisdiction of state…
| Jun 18, 2020 | U.S. Congress member welcomes AWS’s facial recognition moratorium, demands further explanationsU.S. Member of Congress Jimmy Gomez has written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos applauding the decision to implement… |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Some surprising questions, fewer insights after Deepfake Detection ChallengeFew if any unique or actionable insights have resulted from a lengthy contest created by Facebook to defang deepfake content,… |
| Jun 11, 2020 | Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to followAmazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for… |
| May 28, 2020 | Facial biometrics study suggests Amazon performance unchanged as Microsoft launches antibias toolComparitech has released a report on biometric bias in Amazon’s facial recognition offering, similar to previous reports from the ACLU comparing… |
| May 21, 2020 | Amazon launches low-key campaign to derail Portland face-scanning lawIndependent news reporting indicates that Amazon is spending money to defeat proposed Portland, Oregon legislation that would ban all use… |
| May 7, 2020 | DHS’s biometric advanced recognition technology system begins road to the cloudThe Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology System (HART), which is replacing DHS’s legacy Automated Biometric Identification… |
| Apr 29, 2020 | Amazon places $10M order for thermal cameras with biometric capabilities from DahuaDahua has continued to find customers for its biometric facial recognition cameras despite being restricted from U.S. government contracts by… |
| Apr 24, 2020 | Ring denies considering adding object, license plate and facial recognition to home security systemRing has responded to a report on a confidential survey sent to beta testers and shared with Ars Technica, denying… |
| Mar 2, 2020 | Tech giants pressured to follow Google in removing gender labels from computer vision servicesGoogle’s move to eliminate gender labels from its artificial intelligence-powered computer vision services has put pressure on Microsoft, Amazon, and… |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Zwipe and Thales earnings plus Goodix and Amazon in biometrics stocks newsZwipe has reported revenues of NOK 1.5 million (US$160,000 ) in full-year 2019, as it switches to a focus on… |
| Feb 20, 2020 | AWS executive says no misuse of its face biometrics by police, talks foreign government salesAndy Jassy, Amazon Web Services CEO, would have no problem selling the company’s facial recognition software Rekognition to law enforcement… |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Amazon considers palm biometrics for touchless in-store payments, tests terminal transactions with VisaAmazon is working on linking users’ hands to credit card information to enable palm biometric payments at checkout terminals, reports… |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Auto biometrics market projected for massive growth as industry players demo new technologyThe global market for biometrics in automotive access applications, while still developing, will go through a massive growth period from… |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Amazon files patent for touchless scanning system, Apple, Mad Systems patent biometric hailing/alert system, facial recognition locatorAmazon Go or Whole Foods shoppers may in the future be identified by their hands, according to a patent published… |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Veridium to offer multi-factor biometric authentication through AWS Partner NetworkVeridium has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN) as a Select Technology Partner to offer multi-factor biometric authentication to and… |
| Dec 12, 2019 | Amazon argues Alexa terms of service undercut biometric privacy claims as BIPA defenses consideredThe terms of service provided by Amazon for its voice assistant Alexa specify the company’s policies for use and storage… |
| Dec 12, 2019 | New capabilities to compliment voice biometrics announced by Sensory, AWS, LumenVoxSensory has announced support for multiple wake words among a set of new capabilities for its TrulyHandsfree offering, enabling custom… |
| Nov 28, 2019 | AWS introduces innovative features for Alexa, Amazon RekognitionAmazon Web Services has made Alexa Voice available on low-powered devices which previously did not have enough processing power to… |
| Nov 26, 2019 | ForgeRock extends support for AWS to ease identity federation across different environmentsForgeRock is now offering expanded support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance businesses’ control over AWS resource access, the… |
