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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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FBI trialing Amazon facial biometrics for video processing
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is piloting Amazon Rekognition to sort the enormous volumes of video footage it…
| Dec 3, 2018 | Amazon patent application for residential facial recognition network publishedA patent application filed by Amazon describing the use of facial recognition technology with networked home security cameras to identify… |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Members of U.S. Congress criticize Amazon responses in new letter requesting facial recognition detailsEight democrats from the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, requesting additional information about its… |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Amazon executive defends facial recognition and says company advising government on regulationsAmazon is educating government officials about its Rekognition facial biometric service, and how the technology should be regulated, Amazon Web… |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Amazon provides facial recognition for new platform to locate missing childrenThe International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) has announced the launch of a new global platform, dubbed GMCNgine,… |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Amazon upgrades facial recognition for challenging images and opens Alexa to device developersAmazon has updated the face detection, analysis, and recognition features of its Rekognition software to improve its ability to detect… |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Emotion and accent voice recognition capabilities patented by Amazon concern privacy expertsA recent patent issued to Amazon which would allow Alexa to recognize a range of user characteristics, including accent and… |
| Oct 30, 2018 | Documents suggest Orlando Police facial recognition pilot training and communication inadequateThe Orlando Police Department’s pilots of Amazon’s facial recognition technology have had mixed early results, according to documents obtained by… |
| Oct 26, 2018 | ACLU seeks disclosure of facial recognition plans from Homeland SecurityThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has demanded that the U.S. Department of Homeland Services disclose its use or plans… |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Orlando police sign on for second trial of Amazon facial recognition technologyThe Orlando Police Department has signed an agreement for its second test of Amazon’s facial recognition technology despite what Orlando… |
| Oct 16, 2018 | Bezos says Amazon committed to working with U.S. Department of DefenseAmazon will continue to work with the U.S. Department of Defense, regardless of criticism, CEO Jeff Bezos told an audience… |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Synaptics voice technology powers Alexa functionality in new televisionsTCL Corporation has announced a new line of smart televisions featuring Synaptics’ AudioSmart far-field voice (FFV) technology to power built-in… |
| Aug 15, 2018 | Voice and speech recognition predicted to reach $6.9B by 2025 as Alexa-powered banking trials launchThe global market for voice and speech recognition technology is expected to vault from $1.1 billion in 2017 to $6.9… |
| Aug 12, 2018 | Amazon facial recognition technology accelerates trafficking investigationsChild exploitation prevention organization Thorn has sped up its investigation time by 65 percent using Amazon’s Rekognition and other AWS… |
| Jul 26, 2018 | Amazon facial recognition falsely matched 28 in Congress with mugshots in ACLU experimentU.S. Congress includes 28 individuals matched to arrest photos by Amazon’s facial recognition technology, according to a blog post by… |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Amazon to continue selling facial recognition technology to law enforcementAmazon will not make any changes to the way it markets and provides facial recognition and other technologies to U.S…. |
| Jul 10, 2018 | Orlando police to continue Amazon facial recognition pilotThe Orlando Police Department has informed the city’s mayor and council in a memo that it will continue to test… |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Biometrics stocks this week: Amazon vs SRI fund managers, promising startupsOver the past couple of weeks stock indexes have gained ground, lost it, and then gained it back. Markets are… |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Orlando ends pilot of Amazon Rekognition facial recognition softwareThe city of Orlando and and the Orlando Police Department announced yesterday in a joint statement that the police pilot… |
| Jun 19, 2018 | Microsoft and Amazon under fire over facial recognition technologyCriticism of technology companies based on the applications their facial recognition products are being used for is growing, with Amazon… |
