FBI not following GAO recommendations for face biometrics but expanding iris recognition work
A series of six recommendations made by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the FBI in May, 2016 to…
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Reports says attention to “pipeline” has not helped diversity crisis in artificial intelligence industry
Women are severely underrepresented in the field of artificial intelligence, and visible minorities even more so, and fixing the “pipeline”…
Innovatrics wins NIST FRVT 1:1 Wild category with highest biometric accuracy
Innovatrics has scored a win in the “Wild” category of NIST’s Ongoing Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 1:1, providing a…
NtechLab reaches leaderboard in less constrained categories of NIST facial recognition test
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the report for its Ongoing Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT),…
Amazon launches accuracy enhancements to face analysis features of Rekognition
Amazon announced that it is launching accuracy enhancements to the face analysis feature of Rekognition. This is the fifth model…
Samsung to update software to address Galaxy S10 ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor issues
Samsung has acknowledged that some users are experiencing performance issues with the ultrasonic in-display biometric fingerprint sensor in its new…
Researcher says facial recognition models perpetuate discrimination against trans people
Facial recognition research papers follow a model of gender which is binary more than 90 percent of the time, immutable…
IBM launches public data set to further research into diversity and facial biometrics
IBM has announced the launch of a new data set specifically created to further research into, and ultimately the development…
New facial biometric bias study from Buolamwini fans flames of controversy
Significant improvements have been made recently in the poor accuracy of facial recognition algorithms for recognizing women with darker skin,…
Members of U.S. Congress criticize Amazon responses in new letter requesting facial recognition details
Eight democrats from the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, requesting additional information about its…
