Amazon proposes guidelines for responsible use of facial recognition
Amazon has weighed in on facial recognition legislation in a blog post, calling for the creation of a national legislative…
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North Texas law enforcement facial recognition use varies widely by agency
More than half a dozen law enforcement agencies in North Texas are using facial recognition, with little public awareness in…
Inaugural MIT AI Policy Congress promotes government engagement
Academics, scientists and policymakers gathered recently for the first MIT AI Policy Congress to explore how the opportunities being created…
Biometrics Institute announces initiatives to support ethical and responsible biometrics use
The Biometrics Institute observed Data Privacy Day on January 28 by announcing its work on several projects to promote the…
MIT researchers developing automated tool to ‘de-bias’ AI training data
A team at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) is developing a solution which features an algorithm that…
Amazon finds zero false positives in Rekognition testing and takes issue with bias report
Accusations that Amazon provides inaccurate facial biometric technology and lacks appropriate concern over the ethical and social concerns about facial…
Responsible use of facial biometrics in focus at World Economic Forum
As issues related to artificial intelligence, and facial biometrics in particular are receiving significantly increasing attention from the public and…
Microsoft prepares to operationalize principles for responsible use of facial recognition
Microsoft expects to “operationalize” its ethical principles for facial recognition by the end of March, company President and Chief Legal…
Facebook and Technical University of Munich launch Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
Facebook has announced the creation of an independent Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence in partnership with the Technical University…
UK national surveillance camera strategy updated to address human rights, data and technology
UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter has updated the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales with a strategy…
