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 ...
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Essex Police Pauses Facial Recognition Over Racial Bias Concerns

Essex Police's facial recognition program paused after Cambridge study found bias, while government labs said none ...

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How facial-recognition technology can lead to wrongful arrests

Facial-recognition software is leading to wrongful arrests, but the secrecy around the use of the technology makes it hard to know just how often it happens. So far, there are at least five known ...
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Clearview AI Awarded U.S. Patent for Highly Accurate, Bias-Free Facial Recognition Algorithm

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clearview AI, the leading facial recognition company that provides powerful and reliable photo identification technology, has been awarded another U.S. patent – its second ...
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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 ...
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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 ...