AI Update: Open Models, Open Doors
This AI Update covers China’s open-source push, Kimi K3, Inkling, humanoid funding, deepfake detection and the security gaps beneath the agent economy.
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ROC Posts Fastest Latent Fingerprint Search in NIST Evaluation
American biometrics firm ROC has recorded the fastest latent fingerprint search speed in the US government’s benchmark evaluation of the technology, alongside…
Niger Enrols President for AES Biometric Passport as Sahel Bloc Builds Its Own Documents
Niger has launched a biometric passport tied to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), with President Abdourahamane Tiani among the first to enrol, as the…
Proofpoint Finds Attackers Spoofing OAuth App IDs to Probe Entra Accounts Without a Trace
Researchers at Proofpoint have documented a technique in which attackers forge the application identifiers in Microsoft Entra ID sign-in requests, letting them…
Suprema Earns ISO/IEC 42001 AI Governance Certification for Its Biometric Access Control
Biometric access control maker Suprema has obtained ISO/IEC 42001 certification, an international standard for managing artificial intelligence, covering the…
Thailand Signs Airport Modernization Pact With Amadeus and Edgewater
Thailand has signed a memorandum of understanding with travel technology firm Amadeus and systems integrator Edgewater Solutions to draw up a modernization…
EU and Japan Show Digital Identity Wallets Can Exchange Credentials Across Their Borders
The European Union and Japan have completed a pilot demonstrating that a European Digital Identity Wallet and a Japanese counterpart can issue and verify each…
Roblox Faces Investor Suit Tying an Age-Verification Slowdown to Its Growth
Roblox is the subject of a securities class action that puts age verification at the center of an investor dispute, alleging the gaming platform misled…
US House Panel Hears That the Federal Identity Model Can’t Keep Up With AI Fraud
Witnesses at a US House oversight hearing told lawmakers that the federal government’s approach to verifying identity is outmatched by fraud rings using…
Qatar’s Hamad International Airport Launches Fast Pass Biometric Travel at 700 Touchpoints
Hamad International Airport in Doha, together with Qatar Airways and technology partner SITA, has launched Fast Pass, a biometric travel system that lets…