DHS suggests face biometrics bias reduction method, quantifies demographic effects
Removing facial features associated with race and gender can make face biometric algorithms less likely to confuse people with others…
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Rank One face biometric accuracy leaps in latest NIST benchmarking
Rank One Computing has reported a 30 to 40 percent leap in accuracy in the latest NIST FRVT ongoing benchmarking,…
New phone biometrics patent for Apple as Meeami, Precise announce integrations
It is an eventful week for technological advances in smartphones, with Meeami announcing a new version of its voice biometrics…
Tech5 and Imageware integrate biometrics portfolios, unveil first joint customer win
Tech5 and Imageware have come together to develop a combined biometric solution for the marine and visitor management industries, and formed…
Algorithmic schmutz hurts detection of male face more than female
A research paper looking at how well the three best-known biometric face detection algorithms are likely to work outside the…
Facebook disables feature after algorithm racism incident
Facebook has apologized and disabled an artificial intelligence algorithm said to be at the origin of a popped-up message labelling…
Idemia’s facial recognition accuracy confirmed as solution maintains top ranking in NIST FRVT
Idemia’s 1:N face biometric algorithm has again taken the number one spot on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s…
SIA blasts misrepresentation of facial recognition studies
Reading articles about facial recognition in consumer publications could lead one to believe the technology is highly inaccurate and biased,…
Fine words from AI vendors, but actions on ethics are scarce
Can altruism be profitable for the AI-industrial complex? Maybe, but the board meeting on that topic has been pushed to…
NIST testing suggests best face biometrics algorithms for flight boarding already meet accuracy goal
Some vendors already meet the U.S. governments standards for facial recognition accuracy in relatively challenging biometric airplane-boarding scenarios across all…
