Facial biometrics study suggests Amazon performance unchanged as Microsoft launches antibias tool
Comparitech has released a report on biometric bias in Amazon’s facial recognition offering, similar to previous reports from the ACLU comparing…
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New NIST FRVT Quality Assessment report seeks to improve face biometrics performance metrics
A second draft of the FRVT (Face Recognition Vendor Test) Quality Assessment Report has been published by the National Institute of…
Contactless fingerprint biometrics accuracy improves with multiple fingers, NIST report shows
A new report on the accuracy and interoperability of contactless biometric fingerprint scanners has been published by The National Institute…
Researchers use Instagram mask selfies to improve biometric facial recognition algorithms
Some facial biometrics developers fear the COVID-19 pandemic will affect their business, as the number of people wearing masks has…
Neurotechnology tops FVC-onGoing biometric test results with fingerprint recognition tech
Neurotechnology’s biometric fingerprint recognition extractor and matcher have ranked as the most accurate in the latest FVC-onGoing fingerprint verification test…
London Metropolitan Police now considering pausing facial recognition expansion
Following several months of growing concerns among privacy rights advocates and an independent report commissioned by London’s Metropolitan Police that…
Rank One and Panasonic upgrade biometric facial recognition offerings for high accuracy
Rank One Computing has launched a new facial recognition algorithm as part of an update to its biometric ROC SDK,…
Face biometric systems promise protection with new capabilities, but effectiveness not yet proven
Biometric facial recognition with thermal detection systems continue to be rolled out by the industry to meet the expected requirements…
NIST’s Patrick Grother on bias, biometrics evolution and plans to test face recognition with masks
As the world’s foremost authority on the biometric performance of face recognition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
Looking for biometric bias in the guts of AI
A group of biometrics researchers in Spain say they have come up with a new, more efficient way to detect…
