Study Finds Racial Bias in Leading Speech Recognition Systems
The same kind of machine learning-produced racial biases found in some facial recognition technologies are also in play in speech recognition, according to new…
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Washington State Passes Stronger Facial Recognition Regulations
The Washington State House of Representatives and the Senate have reached an agreement on new legislation regulating the use of facial recognition technology.…
Keyo Announces Biometric Tech Compatible with Amazon’s Palm Scanning System
“We are beyond excited to be introducing this line of devices that will extend Amazon’s innovative work, from not only replacing your credit card, to replacing…
More Details Emerge About Amazon’s Proposed Palm Payments Scheme
Amazon is reportedly trying to develop checkout terminals that would allow customers to use a palm scan to pay for goods and services at physical…
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…
Latest Update Expands TrulyHandsFree’s Wake Word Vocabulary
Sensory Inc., a pioneer in embedded voice and biometric AI technologies, announced an update to its TrulyHandsFree wake word engine giving it support for…
Amazon’s Rekognition Gets New ML Capability for Object Recognition
“Amazon claims that its system can be used to train an AI to detect an object using as few as 1- images, as opposed to the hundreds or thousands that […]
Faces, Hands, and the Police: This Week’s Top Stories
Faces and hands dominate this week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ most popular articles. The former is no surprise, given the ongoing excitement around facial…
Amazon Could Bring Hand-Based Naked Payments to Whole Foods Locations
Amazon is reportedly experimenting with a hand-based biometric payments scheme that could be introduced at select Whole Foods locations as early as next year.…
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…