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Little overlap between NIST facial recognition testing leaders and U.S. government providers
Wired is asking “Why Chinese Companies Plug a U.S. Test for Facial Recognition” in an article highlighting the placement of…
| Feb 18, 2019 | Face biometrics startups lead AI sector in attracting major investmentFacial recognition companies are leaders among the ranks of artificial intelligence startups attracting major investments, with SenseTime totaling $1.63 billion… |
| Jan 31, 2019 | YITU opens AI research and development center in SingaporeYITU Technology today announced the launch of the YITU Singapore Research & Development Center. This is the company’s first R&D… |
| Dec 11, 2018 | YITU develops highly accurate Mandarin speech recognition systemYITU Technology has developed a Mandarin speech recognition system it says provides an unprecedented degree of accuracy, leveraging its artificial… |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Facial recognition 20 times more accurate with advances in convolutional neural networks, NIST findsFacial recognition algorithms can identify matches with error rates as low as 0.2 percent given good quality photos, 20 times… |
| Nov 22, 2018 | YITU holds on to place atop NIST Facial Recognition Vendor Test leaderboardYITU has announced a win in the ongoing NIST Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), which the company says it the… |
| Oct 11, 2018 | YITU shares insights on the role of AI in building smart cities at UNIDO eventYITU Technology was featured this week in Vienna at the 3rd “Bridges for Cities – Belt and Road Initiative: Developing… |
| Sep 18, 2018 | Artificial intelligence community seeks international collaboration at industry conferenceAs China and the U.S. add new tariffs in their ongoing trade dispute, Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He told an audience… |
| Sep 17, 2018 | YITU honored for its facial recognition platform at WAIC 2018YITU Technology picked up the Super AI Leader award (SAIL Award) at this year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in… |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Yitu and Sensetime bid on facial recognition contract for new Beijing airportYitu and SenseTime are preparing bids to provide facial recognition to Beijing’s new $12 billion airport, South China Morning Post… |
| Jul 16, 2018 | YITU picks up $100M in new funding roundChinese facial recognition software developer YITU Technology has received a new C+ round investment of US$100 million from China Industrial… |
| Jun 28, 2018 | YITU takes top spot on NIST Facial Recognition Vendor Test leaderboardYITU Technology has taken first place on the NIST facial recognition testing leaderboard for the second year in a row,… |
| Apr 26, 2018 | Police in New Zealand, Malaysia to upgrade facial recognition technologyNew Zealand Police hope to upgrade to “advanced facial recognition technology” in the near future, according to a report published… |
| Mar 27, 2018 | Better understanding of facial recognition needed for reasonable social dialogue, says YITU Technologies AI research scientistYITU Technologies has revealed to Biometric Update that it is expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, which will be managed… |
| Mar 8, 2018 | YITU features facial recognition technology at Security & Counter Terror ExpoYITU Technology presented several public security solutions featuring its AI and facial recognition technologies at the Security & Counter Terror… |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Yitu Technology opens office in SingaporeChinese facial recognition software developer Yitu Technology has opened its first international office in Singapore and plans to hire up… |
| Dec 14, 2017 | Yitu Technologies’ AI powers massive facial recognition capabilitiesYitu Technologies’ Dragonfly Eye facial recognition platform has logged 1.8 billion photographs stored in a government database, including Chinese nationals… |
| Nov 21, 2017 | Yitu Technology setting up a research and development hub in SingaporeChinese facial recognition software developer Yitu Technology will be setting up its first international research and development hub in Singapore…. |
| Nov 6, 2017 | Yitu Tech ranks first in ID accuracy at Face Recognition Prize Challenge 2017Chinese facial recognition startup Yitu Tech outperformed more than 12 international firms in face identification accuracy by taking first place… |
| Sep 7, 2017 | Yitu Technology ranks first in NIST global facial recognition benchmark testChinese facial recognition firm Yitu Technology ranked first in four different categories of National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Face… |
