facial recognition
Pandemic masks have an unintended effect on intrusive facial recognition software
Masked protestors at Black Lives Matter protests are tripping face recognition tech used by police, as error rates are as high as 50 pc.
Facial recognition can't be allowed in schools, New York legislators impose two-year ban
Civil rights advocates had challenged an upstate district’s adoption of the technology as part of its security plans.
Facial recognition firm Clearview pulled up for harvesting Facebook, Instagram photos
Information Commissioners of UK and Australia are scrutinising the US startup on violations of user privacy.
Calls to abandon facial recognition use as wrongly identified Black man seeks Detroit police apology
The Detroit police has been challenged over face recognition flaws, bias, especially as it is prone to errors identifying people of colour.
What's the deal with facial recognition software and how it's weaponised
Although firms like IBM have said it will no longer supply face scan software to police, several other players making the technology would.
Microsoft, Amazon, IBM decision to stop face scan tech for police use may not have impact
Companies that dominate the market in the US are less well known, including the Tokyo-based NEC and European companies Idemia and Gemalto.
Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition tech for a year till rules are framed to prevent misuse
Two days ago, IBM announced that it would stop selling facial recognition tech for general purposes to prevent its use in racial profiling.
IBM opposes use of facial recognition for racial profiling, tips hat to #BlackLivesMatter movement
CEO Arvind Krishna says IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition software, won't condone use of any tech against human rights
Use of Facial recognition technology not a concern for a large number of Indians, says Survey
Over three-fourths of 1,000 people surveyed by cybersecurity firm Nortonlifelock supported the use of facial recognition for law enforcement
Microsoft to stop funding facial recognition startups, divests from firm whose tech is used by Israeli military
As a minority investor, Microsoft does not have enough oversight to ensure that the startup’s tech is not used for mass surveillance