International standard for biometric bias measurement unanimously approved
A new international standard for how to test demographic differentials in biometric systems for bias has been approved, and is…
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Researchers analyze quality assessment algorithms for biometric samples
Researchers have published a new paper analyzing quality assessment algorithms that measure the fairness of captured biometric samples. The paper…
Protecting digital customer journeys from AI biases
By Olivier Koch, VP of Applied AI, Onfido Today, hundreds of millions of people use tools like ChatGPT to brainstorm…
US oversight body calls for more real-world biometrics testing, bias protections
A federal U.S. agency wants more testing of biometrics applications in the real world, stronger protections against bias and more…
Synthetic data model shows promise for biometric bias mitigation
The limitations of real-world biometric training datasets, including the introduction of bias through unbalanced demographic representation, are well established. Synthetic…
Biometrics can be biased but how biased? Researchers propose a ruler
Researchers in the United States say they have created a statistical method for “rigorous statistical comparison” for spotting differences among…
NIST in the spotlight for facial recognition standards; some say it’s too much
When will the U.S.’ chief standards organization reach a limit in what it can do to give the facial recognition…
Biometrics match the innocent, US Congress asks questions
A U.S. senator is asking questions about how Clearview AI operates its facial recognition subscription service. Ed Markey, a Democrat…
Panasonic, academic researchers say data partitioning can reduce face biometrics bias
Two Panasonic divisions and a Singapore university have developed a way to train face biometrics algorithms that they say improves…
Race, gender bias in matching algorithm remain – DHS report
An annual U.S. Homeland Security study of bias in commercial biometric software, released in August, suggest similar results found in…
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