From Alibaba to Zoloz, liveness confirmation crucial for biometrics providers
Liveness detection providers that have just launched their technology and those that have not yet undergone conformance tests to prove…
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Open source toolchain can generate ‘digital twin’ avatar
FaceChain, a program that generates “digital twin” lookalikes of a given user, has been introduced with potential use cases in…
Chinese tech firms hoping to put out more deepfake products
Chinese tech giants, including the likes of Alibaba and Huawei, have filed 110 applications related to deepfake technology to China’s…
Prominent SenseTime investors sell shares
Alibaba has sold 557 million of its shares in SenseTime, reducing its ownership stake in the Chinese facial recognition “dragon”…
Ant Group applies for palm biometrics patent for retail purchases
A fintech holding of Alibaba has filed a software patent application in China protecting palm biometrics for retail purchases. Ant…
UK panel sketches the reach of ethnicity recognition systems across China
The scale of systems behind China’s alleged persecution of minorities — chiefly Uyghurs — continue to beggar the imagination. The…
Biometric payments on the rise, with face, iris, and fingerprint recognition deployments
Several companies have released new biometric payment platforms or unveiled new projects and data this week. Veritran unveiled a new…
Huawei, Megvii, SenseTime patents describing biometric ethnicity detection, tracking revealed
Huawei and other China-based firms have attempted to protect technologies related to their ethnicity-tracking biometrics with patents, IPVM has discovered. The tech…
More ‘Uighur alarms’ found in China — this time an Alibaba face biometrics feature
It sounds like the set up for a grade school racist joke. China’s dominant e-commerce firm Alibaba reportedly offers a…
Alibaba and China Mobile rumored to be investing $443M in Dahua’s biometric surveillance business
Dahua may be in line for a major investment in its biometric surveillance business from Alibaba and China Mobile, with Reuters reporting…
