UK citizens say the police should be using AI – but there are conditions…
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Scotland’s largest political party opposes police use of live facial recognition
The Scottish National Party (SNP) passed a resolution opposing the implementation of live facial recognition technology (LFR) by Police Scotland….
Indonesia trials facial recognition, liveness detection to boost telecom registration security
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) has launched a facial recognition technology trial at GraPARI Graha Merah Putih…
New Jersey town deploys AI surveillance across municipal buildings in partnership with Claro
The Town of Dover, New Jersey, has partnered with technology firm Claro to introduce advanced AI-driven video analytics across its…
Amnesty International urges Scotland to ban live facial recognition for law enforcement
Amnesty International has called on the Scottish government to prohibit the use of live facial Recognition (LFR), describing the biometric…
Aurora, Colorado police move closer to using facial recognition technology
After years of internal planning and public debate about biometric surveillance, the Aurora Police Department (APD) has asked city leaders…
Cognitec updates facial recognition toolset for speed, accuracy with large databases
The latest version of Cognitec’s face matching and facial estimation algorithms are integrated into its updated FaceVACS-DBScan ID software release,…
RecFaces seeks new biometrics market opportunities, partnerships in Asia
The Business Development Director for Asia Pacific at RecFaces, Oleg Kurochkin, is embarking on what the company has described as…
Neurotechnology video analytics to be deployed at UAE free trade zone
Neurotechnology has landed a deal to deploy its video analytics surveillance across one of the United Arab Emirates’s largest free…
Europe’s ‘Wild West’ of facial recognition testing spurs call for responsible AI oversight
A peer-reviewed study published in Data & Policy by legal scholar Karen Yeung of the University of Birmingham, and Wenlong…
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