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Amazon questioned over contract with company that offered "real-time Uighur warnings"

Amazon faces questions from senators over a reported contract with Dahua, a Chinese security camera company that touted on its website the ability to alert police when its facial recognition software identifies members of the Uighur ethnic group......»»

Category: topSource: latimesFeb 10th, 2021

Major camera company can sort people by race, alert police when it spots Uighurs

Facial recognition softw.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesFeb 9th, 2021

Race detection and "real-time Uighur warnings" — inside Dahua"s facial recognition technology

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Category: topSource: latimesFeb 9th, 2021

Facial recognition may help find Capitol rioters — but it could harm many others, experts say

Normalizing surveillance tactics that have been used disproportionately.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesFeb 4th, 2021

Column: Millions of faces scanned without approval. We need rules for facial recognition

Federal authorities say a San Francisco company scanned the faces of millions of people without their knowing it. Federal authorities say a San Francisco company scanned the faces of millions of people without their knowing it......»»

Category: topSource: latimesJan 29th, 2021

New facial-recognition technology can accurately identify travelers wearing masks 96% of the time, according to a test run by the Department of Homeland Security

New facial-recognition algorithms can now identify airline.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytJan 6th, 2021

A Black man spent 10 days in jail after he was misidentified by facial recognition, a new lawsuit says

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Category: smallbizSource: nytDec 29th, 2020

Facial recognition companies learning to work around face masks, CNet says

See the rest of the story here. Theflyonthewall.com provides the latest financial news as it breaks. Known as a leader in market intelligence, The Fl.....»»

Category: blogSource: theflyonthewallMay 15th, 2020

New Facial Recognition Software Predicts You"re A Criminal Based On Your Looks

New Facial Recognition Software Predicts You're A Criminal Based On Your Looks Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 - 23:25 Authored by Alan Macleod via MintPressNews.com, A team from the Universit.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMay 15th, 2020

University team develops explainable AI module

Taiwanese researchers have developed an explainable AI module that can explain reasons behind results of facial recognition......»»

Category: topSource: digitimesMay 13th, 2020

Researchers said their "unbiased" facial recognition could identify potential future criminals — then deleted the announcement after backlash

APPhoto/Mike Derer Researchers at Harrisburg University announce.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 7th, 2020

Offices are buying thermal cameras with facial recognition to see if employees are running a fever — and the demand for the cameras is skyrocketing as companies plan to reopen

Kogniz As companies plan to reopen in the wake of COVID-19, many are looking for high-tech tools to monitor the h.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 30th, 2020

The new iPhone SE is the smallest and most affordable Apple phone you can buy. Here are 5 types of people it"s perfect for. (AAPL)

Apple Apple's new iPhone SE has a 4.7-inch screen and starts at $400, making it the company's smallest and least expensive smartphone. It lacks some modern features like facial recognition an.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 16th, 2020

Your iPhone won"t recognize you in a face mask – but a Samsung Galaxy might

With COVID-19 concerns, more of us are wearing face coverings. You can try setting up facial recognition with a mask on. Depending on the phone, It ma.....»»

Category: topSource: usatodayApr 10th, 2020

A controversial facial-recognition company working with police departments across the US is reportedly connected to white nationalism and the far-right

CBS A software startup that scraped billions of images from major web services — including Facebook, Google, and YouTube — is selling its tool to la.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 8th, 2020

Facial Recognition Companies Profit From COVID-19 By Adding Thermal Imaging

Facial Recognition Companies Profit From COVID-19 By .....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 3rd, 2020

"I am disturbed": Vermont"s attorney general is suing Clearview AI over its facial recognition app that uses images scraped from Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

Clearview AI, the company behind a controversial facial recognition app, was just sued by.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 11th, 2020

Astra facial recognition tech enters Japan market via NTT East

Taiwan-based startup Astra began to cooperate with Japanese telecom carrier NTT East .....»»

Category: topSource: digitimesMar 11th, 2020

Clearview AI scraped billions of photos from social media to build a facial recognition app that can ID anyone — here"s everything you need to know about the mysterious company (FB, GOOGL, TWTR)

Alex Wong/Getty Images A software startup that scraped billions of images from major web services — including Facebook, Google, and YouTube &mdas.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 6th, 2020

Ashton Kutcher dropped a big hint that he may be a user of a controversial facial recognition app while eating hot wings on YouTube last year

First We Feast/Complex A startup that scraped billions of images from major web services — including Facebook, Google, and YouTube — created software that matches people with publicly available photos to identify them. The .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 5th, 2020