Tag: facial recognition
Police Brutality Protests Turning the Tide Against Facial Recognition Software
Protests against police brutality have led three major tech companies to pull back from facial recognition technology. Momentum is building against the...
EU Cops Seek Union-Wide Face-Recognition Database as Authoritarian Concerns Rise
At least 10 national police forces in the European Union are pushing for an international face-recognition database to help identify criminals, raising...
U.S. Special Forces May Get Facial-Recognition Gear That IDs Foes From...
The U.S. military is taking facial-recognition software to a new level.
The next generation of the technology will be...
Big Brother in the Classroom? NY School District Adopts Facial-Recognition Technology,...
The battle over facial-recognition software has entered the classroom.
A New York school district began using the technology a...
Privacy, Civil Rights Advocates Urge U.S. Suspend Facial-Recognition Surveillance
Facial-recognition technology threatens “the precious liberties that are vital to our way of life” and its use should be suspended by the...
Clearview AI Sets Off Alarms By Scraping Facebook, Venmo Photos for...
A startup is making a profit off the photos you post on Facebook by using them for a facial recognition app.
EU May Ban Facial-Recognition Software for Five Years Amid AI Privacy...
The European Union is considering banning facial-recognition software in public areas for up to five years so privacy issues surrounding artificial intelligence...
Deepfake Apps in Seconds — More Privacy Concerns From Video Rage
Not long ago, digitally replacing a face in a video was possible only in a movie studio. Now, thanks to a wildly...
China’s Facial ID Leader Megvii Files for IPO Amid Hong Kong...
A big player in China’s plan to dominate artificial intelligence filed to go public in Hong Kong against the backdrop of violent...
Racial Flaws in Facial Recognition Tools Show Up Again in ACLU...
Another study is saying facial recognition software is proving unreliable when dealing with people of color.The American Civil Liberties Union of California...
Alipay to Boost Facial-Recognition Payment with Beauty Filter
Paying for groceries in a growing number of stores in China requires neither cash, credit cards, or phone. Just a face to...