Age estimation at the shop, age verification online: France laws tested with questions
In France, age assurance tools are showing up online and at retail vendors selling age restricted products, prompting questions from…
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Facial recognition systems based on older methods show high levels of bias: Study
A new study has revealed troubling differences in how facial recognition systems relying on widely used, older methods in open-source…
iBeta expands biometrics testing to demographic bias
A new biometrics testing service has been launched by iBeta Quality Assurance to help developers ensure their systems work well…
Corsight first to complete BSI’s AI facial recognition trustworthiness evaluation
Corsight AI has completed an independent, standards-based evaluation of its facial recognition technology from the British Standards Institution (BSI). It…
Tech optimism collides with public skepticism over FRT, AI in policing
As facial recognition and AI technologies surge in adoption across U.S. law enforcement, evidence of improper use, bias, and lack…
Should police AI have discretion?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner “Discretion is the art of suiting action to circumstance –…
As Trump’s AI deregulation, job cuts sink in, industry gets spooked
In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. It…
UK ICO warns biometric tools may pose privacy, compliance risks
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a two-pronged warning about using biometric technologies. They want the public to…
Tailored biometric systems tests lay the foundation for trust: biometrics labs
Although language varies across regions, most regulations on biometric technology necessitate that it be robust, accurate, reliable, highly effective, or…
‘This is now, it’s not tomorrow’: with biometrics, future of seamless travel has arrived
The air travel industry has bounced back from the challenges of the pandemic, with significant reinvestment in aircraft, equipment and…
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