UK facial recognition bias report reveals Home Office using outdated Cognitec software
Cognitec released its FaceVACS-DBScan 5.5 software for biometrics matching at scale in 2020. A biometric accuracy and bias assessment of…
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NSW Police face questions on use of facial recognition algorithm from 2011
Australia’s New South Wales Police used a legacy facial recognition algorithm for over a decade and declined repeated offers of…
ROC highlights facial recognition algorithm’s consistent performance in NIST tests
ROC is claiming the top spot overall among all American biometrics developers in NIST’s facial recognition evaluations. A new algorithm…
ELFT shows improvements in latent fingerprint biometrics accuracy
The latest Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT) by NIST shows further gains in the accuracy and speed of the…
NIST face, iris biometric tests on hold for system upgrade, July FRTE results out
New NIST reports and leaderboard updates for face biometrics accuracy have been published, and facial recognition algorithms from Paravision have…
New high scores in fingerprint biometrics accuracy for Dermalog, ROC, Innovatrics
New algorithms submitted to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for its Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) Evaluation have…
UIDAI runs Biometric SDK Benchmarking competition with cash prizes
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in collaboration with IIIT-Hyderabad has launched a competition to test fingerprint-based authentication in…
Corsight first to complete BSI’s AI facial recognition trustworthiness evaluation
Corsight AI has completed an independent, standards-based evaluation of its facial recognition technology from the British Standards Institution (BSI). It…
Fight over disclosure of FRT used by NJ cops heads to state Supreme Court
A group of civil rights organizations are calling on the New Jersey Supreme Court to uphold rulings that grant a…
SandboxAQ quantum-resistant encryption algorithm approved by NIST
Palo Alto, California-based SandboxAQ has achieved a significant milestone with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) having officially…
