Amazon Still Refuses to Sell Facial Recognition to Law Enforcement
Amazon is doubling down on its decision to stop selling its Rekognition facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies. The company halted Rekognition…
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Amazon Places One-Year Moratorium on Sale of Facial Recognition to Police
Amazon is following IBM’s lead and is no longer allowing law enforcement agencies to use its facial recognition technology. However, Amazon’s decision comes…
NIST Study Confirms Racial Bias of Many Facial Recognition Algorithms
A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released last Thursday shows that many of the facial recognition algorithms used today…
Amazon Rekognition Learns to See Human Fear
Amazon is claiming that it can see fear thanks to improvements to its Rekognition facial recognition platform. The latest update introduces more accurate…
Orlando Police Abandon Trial of Amazon Rekognition
The Orlando Police Department is giving up on its trial deployment of Amazon’s Rekognition platform, once again ending its on again/off again relationship with…
Amazon Explains How Computer Vision Tech Can De-identify Medical Images
Thanks to improvements in digital imaging and data storage, medical archives are much larger than they’ve ever been. Researchers now have access to millions of…
AI-Driven Facial Recognition Platform Scans Web for Missing Children
“A key component of the GMCNgine is Rekognition, Amazon’s controversial computer vision platform.” Facial recognition technology’s growing role in the fight…
INTERVIEW: Kevin Alan Tussy, CEO, FaceTec
FaceTec has really made a name for itself over the last several months, thanks to its ZoOm 3D Face Login solution. While a number of authentication specialists…
Amazon Defends Rekognition Against Critics
“Amazon offers the example of Rekognition technology being used to crack a sex trafficking case by identifying 20 victims and helping to send the perpetrator…
Orlando Police to Proceed with Rekognition Testing
“In its memo, the OPD said that the next trial would operate similarly to the first, in which seven police officers volunteered to have their faces scanned by…