TikTok draws the ire of senators for collecting biometrics
Not so fast, a pair of U.S. Senators are telling TikTok executives. The video-first social media service has begun collecting…
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Neither AI inaccuracy nor FOIA requests nor human rights stays USPS surveillance
For some privacy advocates in the United States, news that the U.S. Postal Service is accused of using facial recognition…
InCadence wins $46.8M biometrics contract to support U.S. State Department vetting
InCadence has won a 10-year contract worth $46.8 million to provide mobile biometrics to the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Identity…
U.S. senators want a task force; deepfakers want it all
A pair of U.S. senators want the Homeland Security Department to see if a standard can be created to make…
DHS wants AI forces working more as a department-wide team
The U.S. government has published three strategic security goals for artificial intelligence and machine learning — both defending against them…
US president nominates new head of NIST
Laurie E. Locascio is nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden as the Commerce Department’s next Undersecretary for Standards and Technology,…
Shufti Pro CEO testifies in support of Improving Digital Identity Act at Congressional Hearing
Shufti Pro CEO Victor Fredung explained the need for a unified framework for digital identity in the United States due to…
Digital ID insiders want to know: When will Congress do its job?
A theme developed during a committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol last week — digital identity as infrastructure, not something…
The key to coherent biometrics laws? It might be found in people who’ve been wronged
The political left and right in the United States each now have their martyrs to indifferent and inaccurate facial recognition…
See no evil: Bad AI strategy, especially when alternative plans exist
A U.S. federal watchdog agency has defined four principles that its researchers say can build accountability into the creation and…
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