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 Rekognition
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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…
Short Amazon’s facial recognition ban. Go long on selling Rekognition to cops again
In a spacious corner office at Amazon sits a man at a desk with a finger over a button. When…
U.S. Congress member welcomes AWS’s facial recognition moratorium, demands further explanations
U.S. Member of Congress Jimmy Gomez has written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos applauding the decision to implement…
Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow
Amazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for…
Facial biometrics study suggests Amazon performance unchanged as Microsoft launches antibias tool
Comparitech has released a report on biometric bias in Amazon’s facial recognition offering, similar to previous reports from the ACLU comparing…
AWS executive says no misuse of its face biometrics by police, talks foreign government sales
Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services CEO, would have no problem selling the company’s facial recognition software Rekognition to law enforcement…
AWS introduces innovative features for Alexa, Amazon Rekognition
Amazon Web Services has made Alexa Voice available on low-powered devices which previously did not have enough processing power to…
Amazon calls for federal regulation of facial recognition and national data protection law
“Governments should work quickly to put in place a regulatory framework for facial recognition technology,” according to one of a…
Amazon working on facial recognition regulation as groups write Congress to oppose bans
It makes a lot of sense to regulate biometric facial recognition technology, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who revealed…
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