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IBM Biometrics News
Identity is under siege as AI and cyber exploits evolve and outpace defenses
At the center of today’s cybersecurity crises is a single, unifying vulnerability: digital identity. The IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence…
| Sep 24, 2024 | Digital identity orchestration providers see IAM upgrade opportunity for organizationsBusinesses attempting to stitch together software and services to fill distinct but related rolls in digital identity and access management… |
| Jun 25, 2024 | McDonald’s pauses AI voice ordering system developed with IBMDespite claims that AI is infiltrating every corner of our lives, it will not be at the McDonald’s drive-through for… |
| Jun 4, 2024 | ID Dataweb, IBM collaborate on integrating identity verification solutionID Dataweb, a provider of cross-channel identity verification solutions, has partnered with IBM to enhance identity verification processes. Through this… |
| May 30, 2024 | IBM loses institutional investor over biometrics sales to IsraelA major Norwegian assets management company Storebrand says it has got rid of its investments in US technology company IBM… |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Plaintiffs failed to prove Google violated BIPAA biometric privacy lawsuit in the United States is on its last legs after a judge dismissed much of the… |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Audio cloning can take over a phone call in real time without the speakers knowingGenerative AI could be listening to your phone calls and hijacking them with fake biometric audio for fraud or manipulation… |
| Sep 1, 2023 | IBM facial recognition contract provokes debate on specifics, and ‘general purpose’ fearA 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… |
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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…
