By LUCAS NOLAN Amazon has announced a new robot named Astro designed to make household tasks easier — all while using its AI-powered cameras and…
Posts tagged as “facial recognition”
By Ken Silva A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) survey shows that at least 10 federal agencies have plans to expand their use of facial recognition…
by Adam Schwartz Clearview AI extracts faceprints from billions of people, without their consent, and uses these faceprints to help police identify suspects. This does grave…
By Rachel Metz Artificial intelligence systems are often criticized for built-in biases. Commercial facial-recognition software, for instance, may fail when attempting to classify women…
By TIM HARLOW New facial recognition technology to speed international travelers through customs has arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. A digital camera will snap a…
By HAF I have said for years now that Technocracy is the clear and present danger that America is facing. Today, that clear and present danger is…
By Hank Berrien On Wednesday, the city of Portland — which has been decimated by rioters the last three months — banned the use of facial-recognition…
Advancements in facial recognition tech have made it possible to identify us even when we’re covering our face, but a new wave of privacy advocates want…
THERE’S WIDESPREAD CONCERN that video cameras will use facial recognition software to track our every public move. Far less remarked upon — but every bit as…
It may not be long before you’ll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report. What if a…
The town of Brookline overwhelmingly voted to ban government use of facial recognition technology in the city on Wednesday, December 11th . The growing movement…
As China spreads its economic footprints across multiple continents with The Belt and Road Initiative, and exercises more and more control over the lives of…
These days, you can’t really go anywhere without encountering cameras. Going into a store? Chances are there are security cameras. Getting money at an ATM?…
How do you spot someone in a crowd? Is it by their clothes? Maybe by the way they style their hair? Or is it, like…
Delta Air Lines will begin using facial recognition technology at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, installing cameras to identify passengers at one boarding gate,…
Amazon’s controversial facial recognition technology, called Rekognition, has a new skill. It can now spot fear. The company says it recently launched updates to Rekognition’s facial…