AI Update: The Frontier Hits Pause
AI Update August 21, 2026 Security and identity briefing OpenAI paused part of its newest-model training, Anthropic kept a more capable system inside the lab,…
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Nexiden Sues Ping Identity Over Mobile Authentication Patents
Nexiden Inc. sued Ping Identity Corp. in Texas federal court, alleging that Ping’s PingID mobile app infringes two patents covering how a mobile device…
Maxine Most: AI Has Industrialized Fraud
Artificial intelligence is not simply giving fraudsters new tools. It is changing the scale at which fraud can operate. That’s one of the central themes of a…
Face-Search Service ClarityCheck Left More Than 9 Million Images Exposed
An unsecured storage bucket belonging to people-search service ClarityCheck exposed more than 9 million image files, mostly faces, a researcher found.
New York City Biometric Scanning Ban Wins Council Majority
A bill barring businesses open to the public from scanning customers’ faces has reached 28 Council co-sponsors and won Mamdani administration backing.
FaceTec Reaches 50 Issued Patents With USPTO Grant on Autonomous Authentication Nodes
FaceTec says its portfolio has reached 50 issued patents with a grant covering authentication servers built to run without an administrative access path.
UK Privacy Regulator Finds Governance Gaps in Police Facial Recognition
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has called for stronger governance of police facial recognition after completing five audits that produced 107…
SEALSQ and Palm Technologies Plan Quantum-Resistant Palm Payment Hardware
SEALSQ and India-based Palm Technologies have formed a partnership to add post-quantum hardware security to palm biometric products for payments, public…
France’s Constitutional Council Strikes Down Under-15 Social Media Ban
France’s Constitutional Council struck down the under-15 social media ban, faulting an age-verification rule that lacked privacy guarantees.
NADRA Begins Rollout of Pakistan-Made QR National ID Card
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority has begun issuing a domestically manufactured national identity card that uses a secure QR code instead…