DHS study suggests OFIQ value ‘extremely limited’ for its biometrics use cases
A study released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security suggests that the Open Source Face Image Quality (OFIQ) tool…
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Border Patrol’s monitoring of US drivers raises privacy concerns
The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly built a nationwide vehicle tracking system that functions much like location surveillance but without…
Senator Cruz faces obstacles in bid to preempt state AI standards
Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s bid to set federal rules for AI to head off what he calls a chaotic patchwork…
Senators call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition as surveillance powers grow
Senators Edward Markey, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley – all Democrats – have issued a pointed demand to U.S. Immigration…
Biometrics starts 2025 with new and increasingly clear roles in the digital world
Biometrics were asked to do more than ever before in 2024, with some use cases, like age assurance, graduating to…
DHS needs to better assess bias, privacy impact of AI surveillance
While the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing policies and procedures to address bias risk from technologies that…
Iris biometric verification, palm prints tests and cheat sheets coming from NIST
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has plans to expand its biometrics evaluations and reports into several areas…
New skin tone evaluation scale developed to improve AI fairness evaluation
An innovative development in AI skin tone measurement methods, aimed at refining how artificial intelligence interprets skin tones across diverse…
Deepfakes and synthetic IDs are already a problem; just wait for the next upgrade
Deepfake fraud has proven its potential to cost businesses millions of dollars. But the deepfake dread reverberating through tech circles…
NIST establishing $15M standardization center for critical technologies led by ASTM
The U.S National Institute of Standards and Technology is standing up a Standardization Center of Excellence to be led by…
