facial recognition
Thailand orders phone users in Muslim-majority south to submit photos
The tit-for-tat violence has claimed around 7,000 lives, mostly civilians of both faiths.
Microsoft removes facial recognition database with over 10 million images
Microsoft gathered the images from search engines and published them in 2016 to MS Celeb.
Use of facial recognition tech can help continuously monitor patient safety in ICU
Around 300 hours of data were analysed to find daytime images of patients facing the camera in a good body position.
Schools to start using facial recognition to protect against sex offenders
The Aegis system will track sex offenders, students, and staff who have been suspended from school.
Amazon facial recognition ban won just 2 per cent of shareholder vote
Amazon’s marketing of facial recognition has resulted in intense scrutiny.
China builds facial recognition tech for pandas
Researchers have built a database with over 120,000 images and 10,000 video clips of giant pandas for precise data on their population.
Airports to use facial recognition to scan departing passengers
The technology is used to keep track of those who have overstayed their visas.
Microsoft denies face-recognition tech sales over privacy concerns
Microsoft believes it would have likely resulted in innocent women and minorities being held for questioning more often.
Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales
AI has more cases of mistaken identity with women and minorities.
US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition
Decisions including one by officials at the SEC followed an unusual appeal by Amazon to block the non-binding proposals from being voted.