Microsoft restricts facial recognition services, sunsets facial analysis
Microsoft has released their Responsible AI Standard, a framework to guide the company’s work in artificial intelligence. Calling it “an…
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Consumer applications of face biometrics draw privacy lawsuits
A trend has emerged in biometric data privacy lawsuits, with services involving photos of people taken for reasons other than…
Similar arguments to have biometric data privacy suits thrown out made by Amazon, Microsoft
Amazon did not use the biometric data of Illinois residents contained in the Diversity in Faces dataset, or benefit from…
Apple, Google, Microsoft increase FIDO, W3C support to widen passwordless sign-in
Apple, Google and Microsoft will work together to accelerate acceptance of a passwordless sign-in standard set by the FIDO Alliance…
Microsoft says DOD needs to be better at detecting synthetic identities. And do it sooner
AI and cybersecurity are converging, according to Microsoft’s chief scientist, and one result will be the long-term inability of the…
Signzy, ID R&D, Microsoft explore technologies to secure users in the metaverse
A triad of technology companies has each discussed the potential of either digital ID or biometric technologies to secure individuals’…
Microsoft urges enterprises to start exploring decentralized digital ID use cases
Microsoft is thinking about decentralized digital IDs, and it would like its customers to do the same. A marketing piece…
Microsoft finishes $19.7B acquisition of Nuance
After an almost year-long buyout process, Microsoft has completed the acquisition of Nuance, folding the latter’s voice biometrics and conversational…
FPC to pursue enterprise PC market with match-in-sensor biometrics approval
The fingerprint sensor for personal computers with biometric matching on-chip made by Fingerprint Cards has been added to Microsoft’s approved vendor…
FacePhi, authID add face biometrics platforms to Oracle, Microsoft cloud services
Authentication providers FacePhi and authID have each unveiled partnerships with Oracle and Microsoft respectively to provide their face biometric solutions…
