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IBM facial recognition contract provokes debate on specifics, and ‘general purpose’ fear
A contract won by IBM last month to supply facial recognition technology to UK border security and law enforcement has…
| Jul 24, 2023 | UK awards $84.4M biometric platform tender to IBMIBM has won a £65.6 million (US$84.4 million) tender for a biometric matching platform that will bring together biometric databases… |
| May 24, 2022 | Similar arguments to have biometric data privacy suits thrown out made by Amazon, MicrosoftAmazon did not use the biometric data of Illinois residents contained in the Diversity in Faces dataset, or benefit from… |
| Nov 3, 2021 | McDonald’s sells voice recognition unit to IBM, signs on as Big Blue clientHaving apparently done all it can with voice recognition order-taking development, burger meister McDonald’s is selling the biometric software to… |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Ethics panels reject and delay biometrics, AI projects for Google, IBM, MicrosoftSince the beginning of 2020, Google has turned down a project to use artificial intelligence to help a client decide… |
| Sep 2, 2021 | One biometric data privacy case dismissed, two more pared back by judgesThe ground under lawsuits alleging violations of Illinois’ landmark biometric privacy law shifted slightly this week after developments in three… |
| Jul 27, 2021 | SIA blasts misrepresentation of facial recognition studiesReading articles about facial recognition in consumer publications could lead one to believe the technology is highly inaccurate and biased,… |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Biometric health pass solution launched by Telpo as major players ready vaccine credential standardsBiometrics providers continue to work furiously on health pass system, with Telpo launching a solution for pass-checking, and Vaxsys partnering… |
| Feb 18, 2021 | British Esports partners with IBM, Yoti on biometric age verificationThe British Esports Association has announced new details regarding its updated membership platform, including its plans to restrict underage participation… |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Marinus Analytics anti-human trafficking biometrics selected for finals of IBM AI competitionCarnegie Mellon University biometrics and big data spinoff Marinus Analytics has been selected as the lone American finalist for the $5M… |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Biometric data privacy suit against Google to wait for answers from IBM proceedingsA proposed class action alleging biometric data privacy regulation violations by Google should wait until a set of facts in… |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Informal agreement on restricting exports of biometric surveillance technology reached by EUThe European Union has reached an agreement on limiting exports of facial recognition and other technology that can be used… |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Google files for biometric privacy suit dismissal, FaceFirst response extension granted in similar caseGoogle has filed a pair of motions, seeking a stay or the dismissal of a biometric privacy lawsuit against it… |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Six of eight claims in IBM biometric data privacy suit upheld as dismissal rejectedTwo items of a motion to dismiss a biometric data privacy lawsuit by IBM have been granted, though a federal… |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Amazon and Microsoft move for dismissal of biometric privacy suit, arguing no jurisdiction for training dataIllinois’ biometric privacy law does not apply to conduct out of state and therefore suits against Amazon and Microsoft over… |
| Sep 11, 2020 | IBM calls for export controls on some facial biometrics technologies to prevent human rights abusesBiometric facial recognition exports from the U.S. should be subject to new controls, IBM argues, to avoid putting the powerful… |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Home Office signs £7M deal with IBM to build controversial biometric databaseUK’s Home Office has signed a £7 million (US $9.2 million) contract with IBM to work with law enforcement in… |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Facial biometrics training dataset leads to BIPA lawsuits against Amazon, Alphabet and MicrosoftDespite being conceived of as a way to make biometric facial recognition more equitable, IBM’s Diversity in Faces is continuing… |
| Jun 9, 2020 | IBM pulls face biometrics and questions their use by law enforcement in letter to CongressIBM is mostly exiting the biometric facial recognition business, pulling its general purpose recognition and analysis software from the market and… |
| Mar 2, 2020 | The Vatican and Big Tech, Pentagon release overlapping AI commandmentsIt is hard to know what it means when a global religious figure, two iconic technology giants and the Pentagon… |
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Boston spied, used facial recognition on concertgoers
Recent news reports claim that the City of Boston tested an IBM video mass surveillance system at the Boston Calling…
