Sound method for measuring biometric bias important, tricky, and in progress
Important work on measuring biometric bias is waiting, once methods for how to measure it are worked out, says Stephanie…
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US Treasury considers alternatives to ID.me biometrics for IRS online access
An Internal Revenue Service contract being served by ID.me for online tax returns is continuing to generate controversy based on the…
Developing biometrics market segments advance with new technologies and forecasts
Steps towards biometric technology and market maturity made up the top news items of the week on Biometric Update, with…
Biometrics expert discusses facial recognition regulation as Massachusetts’ proposed ban moves forward
A bill has been passed by the State Senate of Massachusetts which could block biometric facial recognition from use by…
Biometrics researchers recognized for computer science innovation and bias work
Renowned biometrics expert Anil K. Jain, Michigan State Researcher and Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, tops the 2020 global…
Scientists, sociologists speak out against biometrics research that allegedly predicts criminals
Back in May, a group of professors and a Ph.D. student from Harrisburg University in Pennsylvania claimed to have developed…
Algorithmic Justice League highlights automatic speech recognition bias report
The Algorithmic Justice League has released a spoken word and visual project called “Voicing Erasure” to protest the demographic discrepancies…
Tech giants pressured to follow Google in removing gender labels from computer vision services
Google’s move to eliminate gender labels from its artificial intelligence-powered computer vision services has put pressure on Microsoft, Amazon, and…
Facial recognition use planned by police and border security as NIST report sparks concern
Australia’s Home Affairs Department says it needs to increase its use of facial biometrics with data from allied nations and…
Oakland moves closer to banning local agency use of facial recognition
Oakland City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance to ban local police from using biometric facial recognition in the first…
