Despite facial recognition misgivings, we seem ready to trust synthetic faces
The European Commission’s effort to create standards for the use of facial recognition is ongoing, but as important as that…
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Toppan teams with digital startup to create human avatar dataset
A pair of vendors say they are going to create a dataset of rights-free, photo-realistic AI-generated human figures that are…
iProov partners to bring face biometrics to Eurostar, fight against online fakes
International rail service Eurostar will begin a two-week trial of facial recognition-based immigration system whereby enrolled passengers will not need…
Circular AI firing squad: Fighting AI bias with fake faces may pose real privacy risks
The problems with fake faces are so complex that some solutions just create more problems. Researchers in Switzerland, for example,…
Microsoft demonstrates facial analysis in the wild using just synthetic data
Microsoft has published a research paper demonstrating that it is possible to train facial analysis algorithms just using synthetic data,…
‘Master faces’ make authentication ‘extremely vulnerable’ — researchers
Ever thought you were being gaslighted by industry claims that facial recognition on its own is trustworthy for authentication and…
Legit — and traceable — deepfakes proposed
An AI developer says it has developed a platform on which clients can create, control and profit from their digital…
Startup wants to give biometric face scrapers digital dead ends to chase
A small shop of AI coders and photographers have a new use for their GAN-made portfolio of faces. The company…
