Facial analysis still biased, press still confusing it with facial recognition
An assistant professor at the University of Maryland performed an audit of leading facial recognition services Government Technology claims, and…
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Campaign groups demand new London police boss end facial recognition use on first day in job
Fourteen campaign groups including Big Brother Watch, Liberty and Black Lives Matter wrote an open letter to new London Metropolitan…
Canadian judge sends face biometrics use by govt in refugee claim to review
A judicial review of Canada’s use of facial recognition in evaluating immigration claims has been ordered by a federal judge…
ROC biometrics integrated with Anonybit for privacy-secured enterprise solution
Anonybit has integrated Rank One Computing’s face matching SDK with its Privacy-by-Design architecture to maximize biometric accuracy and privacy protection…
Idiap researchers propose biometric fairness metrics to decouple bias from accuracy
Several new measures for quantifying demographic differentials, or bias, in biometric identity verification systems are suggested in a paper which…
Facial recognition getting better at handling modest angles and big smiles
The state of the art of facial recognition has improved over recent years to the point of handling certain kinds…
Indian police using 80 percent facial recognition confidence threshold
Eighty percent is a respectable test grade for a subject that a student is unfamiliar with, but may not be…
Face Forensics launches victim identification system with biometrics and tattoo recognition
Face Forensics has developed a new victim identification system for use in investigations into human trafficking and child abuse, based…
ID R&D voice biometrics and liveness checks secure WhatsApp messages for health services
Chatbots are increasingly being used in WhatsApp to communicate sensitive information or carry out transactions with security requirements, prompting Uruguay’s…
FaceHeart’s new face biometric software enables remote diagnosis of patients’ vitals
Taiwanese startup FaceHeart has developed AI-powered software capable of remote diagnosis of patients via image processing, along with biometric matching….
