Police tweak 'biased' facial recognition software

A police force has paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras after a study found it was statistically more ...
Opinion

UK police force presses pause on live facial recognition after study finds racial bias

A UK police force has suspended its deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study revealed it was statistically more likely to identify Black people on a watchlist database.
Aclu.org

When it Comes to Facial Recognition, There is No Such Thing as a Magic Number

We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...
Business Wire

IDEMIA’s Facial Recognition Ranked #1 in NIST’s Latest FRVT Test

COURBEVOIE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDEMIA’s facial recognition 1:N algorithm achieved best for accuracy in the latest Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) from the National Institute of Standards and ...
Security Info Watch

SAFR releases SC850 to reduce facial recognition infrastructure costs

The SAFR SC850 integrates image capture, onboard processing and a NIST-tested algorithm to perform facial recognition ...

Uber Drivers Say a ‘Racist’ Algorithm Is Putting Them Out of Work

Last week it was reported that a Black British driver is taking Uber to court alleging indirect race discrimination ...

Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away

Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking ‘10 years younger’ ...
Computer Weekly

US lawmakers quiz Meta over ‘dangerous’ facial-recognition plans for smart glasses

Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech - London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London ...
Afro

Inequitable algorithms: Facial recognition’s alarming pattern of misidentifying Black individuals sparks calls for reform

(NNPA NEWSWIRE) – Recent research conducted by Scientific American Online supported fears that facial recognition technology (FRT) can worsen racial inequities in policing. The research found that law ...
WDSU

Face Value: How facial recognition is fighting crime, raising controversy

ORLEANS POLICE CATCH FUGITIVES, STOP CRIME TRACK AND TERROR SUSPECTS IN REAL TIME. BUT TODAY, THAT ALERT SYSTEM IS SILENT TO NOPD. CASSIE SCHERM INVESTIGATES WHY IT WAS PAUSED AND WHAT THE CITY MAY BE ...
Forbes

Combating Deepfakes: Using Facial Recognition Techniques To Protect Businesses

The World Economic Forum’s "Global Risks Report 2024" notes that foreign and domestic actors leveraging misinformation—often generated by AI—is among the most adverse threats the world will face in ...
Futurism

Creepy App Used Stolen Pictures of Dead People to Train Its Facial Recognition Algorithm

Consider a new digital privacy fear unlocked. As Wired reports, a facial recognition search site called PimEyes, which claims to create biometric human “faceprints,” has been using stolen photos of ...