New skin tone evaluation scale developed to improve AI fairness evaluation
An innovative development in AI skin tone measurement methods, aimed at refining how artificial intelligence interprets skin tones across diverse…
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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…
DHS outlines foreseeable biometric agenda, but will it have the funding?
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has an ambitious biometric agenda going into Fiscal…
DHS selfie biometrics evaluation for remote IDV shows range in performance
Biometric face verification can be an effective tool for remote identity verification, but many systems still have some issues to…
Cutting out clustered data points to reduce facial recognition bias explained in AFRL talk
Despite the presence of many “heavy hitters” in the public discourse about bias in facial recognition, misunderstanding about the nature…
Vendors reveal achievements in DHS biometrics rally — updated
The anonymized results of the 2022 DHS Biometric Technology Rally were announced last week, and showed that state of the…
DHS Biometric Rally results show groups pose little challenge to effective matching
Biometric technology is very close to allowing people in airports to pass through identification areas for processing in small groups,…
DHS Remote Identity Validation demonstration details revealed ahead of first deadline
The first deadline to participate in U.S. government testing of remote identity validation technologies is approaching, and the organizing agency…
Face biometrics dropped by Verkada in 4 US locales as data protection gains momentum
Legal restrictions on the use of facial recognition have prompted security camera vendor Verkada to shut down the capability in…
Research indicates improved skin tone calibration can raise face biometrics accuracy
Skin tone is not just Black and white. It is also not quite what camera calibration systems represent it as,…
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