Paravision joins podium for mugshot and webcam biometric accuracy in NIST facial recognition testing
Paravision has cracked the top three in biometric accuracy rankings in multiple categories in the latest edition of the National…
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DHS Science and Technology calls for 2020 Biometric Technology Rally submissions
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced the opening of submissions for its 2020…
Facial recognition researchers look for a culprit in gender inequality, come up empty
A group of researchers has looked at possible reasons that biometric facial recognition accuracy is different for men and women,…
Biometrics for financial services, facial recognition integrations and arguments top week’s digital ID stories
New bank deployments of biometrics and payment technologies, facial recognition in new integrations and continuing arguments, and applications-specific projects in…
New EU AI strategy puts remote biometric identification in “high-risk” category
The EU will consider biometrics for authentication differently from remote biometric identification, as it develops regulation as part of its…
Biometrics group comes out swinging after NIST face-scan report
If the International Biometrics + Identity Association had wished to put skeptics and opponents of facial recognition technology on blast,…
AI bias creep is a problem that’s hard to fix
On the heels of a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study on demographic differentials of biometric facial recognition…
FaceTec biometric authentication implemented by leading dating app maker to stop bots and catfishing
The Meet Group, a leading maker of dating and social entertainment apps has integrated 3D face authentication technology from FaceTec…
Proposed U.S. Senate bill to halt facial biometrics use by law enforcement until new commission reports
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would place a temporary moratorium on the use of biometric…
Face mask: an instinct for self-preservation, a threat towards facial recognition, or maybe both?
This is a guest post written by Vladimir V. Arlazarov, PhD, Chief Executive Officer at Smart Engines. Since the beginning…
