Paravision biometrics take runner-up in NIST masked faces test, tops among non-Chinese companies
Paravision’s biometric facial recognition has been found to have the second-best accuracy for identifying people with masks among algorithms tested…
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A new government ID tool — comedy. Researchers have a laughter biometric recognition algorithm
Now it is your laughter that can give you away. A Nigerian research team say they have been able to…
NIST testing shows accuracy of face biometric algorithms developed pre-pandemic lowered by masks
Biometric facial recognition algorithms developed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic may be able to identify people wearing masks…
Bias, blind spots and bad identity systems
This is a guest post by Emma Lindley, Co-Founder of Women in Identity and Chief Commercial Officer at Trust Stamp….
Chinese researchers take top honors in cartoon face recognition challenge
A Chinese entertainment company last week announced the winners of its challenge to write biometric algorithm models that can detect…
Minimalist’s dream or nightmare? Researchers apply ‘deepfake’ to sketching
Chinese and Hong Kongese researchers have developed software they call DeepFaceDrawing, and the name is a good description of what…
An old carny trick goes high tech — AI guesses ages better than we can
A facial recognition algorithm written by German researchers is pretty good at guessing both the age and ethnicity of faces…
Some surprising questions, fewer insights after Deepfake Detection Challenge
Few if any unique or actionable insights have resulted from a lengthy contest created by Facebook to defang deepfake content,…
Scientists tighten up algorithms in earprint biometric research
A team of researchers say they have come up with a way to more-reliably and quickly identify people by the…
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…
