Trueface wins Air Force facial recognition contract as other government deployments court controversy
Trueface has been awarded its second contract for biometric facial recognition technology from the U.S. Air Force, to help secure…
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Blockchain and biometrics leveraged for digital birth certificate in Brazil
The birth of a baby in Brazil has been registered on a blockchain through a biometric process in what was…
Carnegie report says facial recognition and AI surveillance spreading faster than thought
At least 75 countries around the world are actively using artificial intelligence tools such as facial biometrics to conduct surveillance…
Facial recognition for travel and onboarding top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Stories on biometrics use cases from flight boarding to onboarding, and surveillance to aid delivery made up the most-read news…
New biometric technologies and old controversies top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
The most widely read articles on Biometric Update this week cover new innovations and solutions for liveness, facial recognition, vehicles…
IBM launches public data set to further research into diversity and facial biometrics
IBM has announced the launch of a new data set specifically created to further research into, and ultimately the development…
Multiple factors keep organizations from using MFA for mainframe applications
Only one in five organizations is using multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure access to IBM mainframe applications or plans to…
IBM launches real-time algorithmic bias detection tools
IBM has launched software to analyze how and why algorithms make decisions, as well as detect bias and recommend changes….
Police camera footage quietly used in IBM video search feature development
IBM used footage quietly obtained from NYPD surveillance cameras to develop a function to allow police to search camera footage…
IBM researchers develop biometric malware to prepare for AI vs. AI future
A team of researchers from IBM’s cybersecurity division have created an artificially-intelligent, biometric malware called DeepLocker that can work with…
