Amazon firm: fired worker deserved it. Less so on its cop FR ban
The wrongful-firing lawsuit filed against Amazon Web Services in the UK has gained a new life. An October dismissal of…
Amazon Rekognition
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AWS says it’s keeping its word on cops’ use of Rekognition, docs differ
Amazon executives maintain that the company has kept its voluntary 2020 moratorium on selling facial recognition services to law enforcement…
Amazon facial recognition used in Russia despite sanctions, says former employee
Amazon has supplied facial recognition technology to Russia despite UK sanctions on the country imposed after it invaded Ukraine, a…
HID adds Amazon Rekognition support to biometric camera for enhanced facial imaging
HID Global has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to enhance biometric face imaging capabilities by utilizing the Amazon Rekognition…
Amazon of 2 minds with law enforcement deals – fleeing locally, selling federally
This week brought news that Amazon, on the one hand, appears to be selling AI services to the FBI, and…
Israel is using Amazon Rekognition to locate missing and dead
Amazon’s facial recognition system Rekognition is being used in Israel to locate missing and dead after a deadly attack by…
BBC uses facial recognition to identify terrorist as police officer
In the aftermath of a series of terrorist attacks against people in Israel, one media outlet attempted to identify perpetrators…
Amazon rolling out ‘AI Service Cards’ for transparency on facial recognition limitations
Amazon’s cloud-computing division will roll out warnings for software in its online marketplace to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) and biometric…
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…
Amazon, Microsoft say they’ll do what’s right on biometrics, but suits raise questions
Amazon and Microsoft have been hit separately with biometric data privacy lawsuits that, if proven in court, would strike at…
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