CBP doesn’t consistently notify air travelers about facial recognition tech use, privacy: GAO
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is not consistently notifying travelers about its use of facial recognition technology or privacy options...
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Can tech companies that use facial recognition technology be allies in the fight for racial justice?
Developers and researchers of facial recognition technology, such as the multinational tech company IBM, have the power to incite discussions...
Will this be the last time Brazil uses facial recognition technology at Carnival?
Carnival, for most Brazilians, is synonymous with samba, sweat, and caipirinhas. Some of the best parties of the year take...
‘We’re not seeing false positives’: DHS official testifies on how dept uses facial recognition technology
A US Department of Homeland Security official testifies that facial recognition technology is very accurate and that it doesn't see...
First they came for the Uighurs: China’s abuse of technology and their justifications
China's abuse of technology in the State-sponsored persecution of Uighurs demonstrates what the Communist regime is capable of unleashing against...
Computer vision can ID weapons in real-time, reduce school shooting reaction time
Preventing school shootings outright is damn near impossible, but with computer vision technology, reaction times can be significantly improved. "If...
FindMeBahamas launches to find missing people after Hurricane Dorian
Today, facial recognition and blockchain are united with the launch of FindMeBahamas, a platform dedicated to finding missing people following...
Applying inclusivity to brush away bias in the digital beauty industry
A woman of color applying inclusivity to bias-prone AI in the industry of digital beauty – how hard can it...
Technology’s relationship with unauthorized immigration, border security
No matter what side of the unauthorized immigration and border security debate you're on, technology plays a major role in...
Spy agencies want to accurately ID people from drones and rooftops
Combining facial and body recognition from above, spy agencies are researching how to identify people at long range from drones...
Facial recognition is the new polygraph test for insurers
Insurance companies in Asia are beginning to use facial recognition to record client interviews, so they can spot when customers are...
‘Privacy is a myth’: AI for surveillance startup Wobot CPO
Wobot Intelligence Chief Product Officer (CPO) Tanay Dixit talks with The Sociable about privacy in the age of mass surveillance from the...
Should govt be transparent about its facial recognition use?
Government transparency in deploying facial recognition software could gain more acceptance among citizens than trying to use it behind their...
Amazon proposes ethical guidelines on facial recognition software use
After months of public outcry over potential ethical abuses of Amazon's facial recognition software Rekognition, Amazon proposes a set of...
Human rights groups ask House not to fund invasive tech for border security
Over 25 human rights and tech groups petition the US House of Representatives to not fund "various invasive surveillance technologies...
Shareholders tell Amazon to stop selling Rekognition facial recognition tech to govt
Amazon shareholders file a resolution demanding that Amazon stop selling facial recognition software Rekognition to government and law enforcement, citing...
ACLU files FOIA request demanding DHS, ICE reveal how they use Amazon Rekognition
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) files a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding that the Department of Homeland...
‘450 Amazon employees tell Bezos to kick Palantir off AWS’
Over 450 Amazon employees sign a letter to Jeff Bezos and other executives demanding that Palantir be removed from Amazon...
Trains, planes and shopping carts: The growing number of locations using facial recognition technology
It appears that facial recognition is quickly becoming one of the world's most promising technologies, along with blockchain and AI....
How video analytics and facial recognition are fighting crime
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Security surveillance just got smarter thanks to the development of video analytics and facial recognition technology. With millions of closed-circuit...
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