Biometrics Institute ID @ Borders & Future of Travel Conference, in Cooperation with OSCE
Biometrics Institute ID @ Borders & Future of Travel Conference, in Cooperation with OSCE The Hofburg, Vienna April 11–12, 2019…
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U.S. House subcommittee to discuss diversity and bias in tech industry
Diversity in the tech industry – or the relative lack of it – is being discussed in a hearing by…
Thermo Fisher and American genetics expert awaken to misuse of DNA technology by China
Yale University geneticist Dr. Kenneth Kidd, who along with Thermo Fisher Scientific provided China’s government with the materials it needed…
UK oversight group publishes ethics framework for police use of facial recognition
The UK government’s independent Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has published an interim report outlining nine ethical principles forming…
IJIS, IACP joint task force releases facial recognition use case catalog for law enforcement
Public sector technology non-profit IJIS Institute announced today the release of the Law Enforcement Facial Recognition Use Case Catalog (PDF),…
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…
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…
