Ignoring race in health care AI solves nothing. There is a better option
Talk about a contrarian stance. A stats-and-analysis team from RAND Corp. says predicting a patient’s race and ethnicity can result…
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Facial recognition algorithms need to be protected now against master face attacks – researchers
Biometrics researchers say master face attacks pose “a severe security threat” for under-protected facial recognition algorithms. Four IEEE scientists studied…
NIST goes with algorithm co-developed by Thales for post-quantum digital signatures
An algorithm co-developed by Thales has been selected as a post-quantum cryptography standard for digital signatures specifically for its ability…
Kakao shows biometric face verification accuracy with strong FRVT result
South Korea-based artificial intelligence developer Kakao Enterprise Corp. has burst into the top performers for biometric accuracy of the ongoing…
Peru issues 7M digital ID cards with id3 biometrics, NXP chips
Fingerprint biometric algorithms from id3 Technologies are being used in Peru’s new digital identity cards, after being selected by NXP…
Problems with audits for bias in AI systems highlighted in research paper
Sasha Costanza-Chock, co-author of a research paper which looks into algorithmic audits, says there are many areas that require improvement…
Market for photos of masked people to train biometric algorithms surging
One of the largest stock photo platforms in Japan is building a database of images of individuals wearing masks to…
Innovatrics reports successful NIST fingerprint biometrics algorithm evaluations
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the results for its MINEX III extractor and PFT III tests…
Clearview CEO pitches developer focus as key to Consent facial recognition success
The new Clearview Consent identity verification product from Clearview AI brings the company’s facial recognition algorithm to an entirely new…
AI industry, government will have to dig deep to end racial bias in algorithms: Brookings
To solve bias in facial recognition in the United States, first at least address systemic racial bias in the culture,…
