AI Update: Jassy Gets Sassy
Welcome to the latest edition of the AI Update, where we continue to track the major developments in artificial intelligence and their implications for…
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Herta Completes Spain’s EU-First AI Sandbox with BioSurveillance Facial Recognition System
Herta, a Barcelona-based facial recognition and video analytics company, has successfully completed Spain’s artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox, the…
Malta’s MITA Opens €310,000 Tender for Online Identity Verification
The Malta Information Technology Agency has opened a tender worth 310,000 euros for an online identity verification service that would plug into the…
Fime Becomes First Quebec-Based DIACC-Accredited Auditor for Canada’s Trust Framework
Fime has been accredited by the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada as an official auditor under the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework, becoming the…
New Eurodac System Enters Operation With Facial Images and Expanded Data
The European Union’s overhauled Eurodac system has entered operation, adding facial images and a broader set of identity data to the bloc’s central database…
Innovatrics Achieves MOSIP Compliance for Foundational National ID Programs
Innovatrics has achieved MOSIP compliance for its Automated Biometric Identification System, qualifying the company’s biometric matching technology for use…
How Facephi Lives the Future of Financial Crime Compliance with Agentic and Physical AI
A guest article by Mike Luparelli Mathieu, Product Innovation Director, Facephi Live the Future Living the Future right now looks like this: Digital and…
TSA Aviation Badging Procurement Calls for Biometric Identification Support
A federal procurement opportunity for an Aviation Channeling and Data Management System specifies that the vendor must support biometric identification,…
AI Agent Identity Gets a Wave of New Tooling From CrowdStrike, SailPoint, Beyond Identity, Akamai, and Saviynt
A cluster of identity and security vendors has rolled out tooling for governing AI agents, converging on a shared idea: a static, one-time access decision is…
UK Plans Under-16 Social Media Ban, Putting Age Assurance at the Center
The UK government says it will bar social media platforms from offering their services to users under 16, a move that turns on the question of how platforms…