EU preparing tough measures for AI, while UK and US take a slow approach
The European Parliament is preparing tough new measures over the use of artificial intelligence, including facial recognition, as it edges…
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AVPA responds to EFF report on age verification
As more U.S. states consider laws to require proof of age before accessing websites with a certain level of content…
Studies show US police facial recognition use is advancing without thinking through harms
Two new studies on facial recognition and policing in the southern seaboard of the U.S. do little to increase the…
Love robot will make you feel seen with CyberLink facial recognition
Discussions about facial recognition often focus on how it might make people feel uncomfortable, but CyberLink is exploring if it…
US allegedly developing domestic biometric surveillance; opposition mounts
Reaction has been swift to news that elements of the U.S. government have been collaborating with academic researchers on biometric…
Herta earns top honors at MWC23 Hackathon
At the MWC23 Hackathon, Herta won first prize for applying privacy and ethical principles to facial recognition technology. The Mobile…
More talk about ethical AI but it’s still mostly just talk
In a rare conjunction, February has seen formal global, national, regional and intensely local discussions, independent of each other, about…
New compromise amendments for EU AI Act high-risk areas in attempt to end negotiations
Negotiations on the upcoming EU AI Act could be drawing to a close as the European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs for the…
No facial recognition at 2024 Olympics, French privacy watchdog tells parliament
The French parliament has been urged not to consider deploying facial recognition at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics event by…
Defining remote biometric identification technically and legally
For a more accurate discussion on what remote biometric identification is and current and potential laws around it, the association…
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