Biometric Technology Rally Testing Showed Racial Bias Worsened by Face Masks: DHS
The racial bias that tends to be displayed by numerous facial recognition algorithms seems to be intensified when subjects are wearing face masks, according to…
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Facial Recognition Leads to Arrest of 15-year Fugitive
The United States Justice Department recently revealed that in June of 2020, a facial recognition system in Austria helped track down and capture a fugitive…
Researchers Claim Their ‘Master Faces’ Can Fool Facial Recognition Systems. Are They Right?
In the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that a facial recognition system is only as good as the subjects that were used to put it together.…
White House Names Nominee to Head NIST
Pending Senate confirmation, the next head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be the current vice president of research at the…
NIST Report Suggests Facial Recognition is a Reliable Airport Screening Tool
The NIST has released a new report that suggests that facial recognition is an effective screening tool in airport settings. In the report, the NIST evaluated…
Fight for the Future Pushes to Ban Facial Recognition in Retail Venues
Fight for the Future is spearheading a campaign to ban the use of facial recognition technology in restaurants and retail outlets. The appropriately-named Ban…
West Lafayette Mayor Vows to Veto Facial Recognition Ban
The Mayor of West Lafayette, Indiana, is throwing himself in front of a bill that would ban the police use of facial recognition. The West Lafayette City…
GAO: Multiple Federal Agencies Used Facial Recognition on George Floyd Protesters
According to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), six U.S. federal agencies used biometric facial recognition software in their…
Google Starts Work on New Skin Tone Classification System
Google has revealed that it is currently trying to develop a replacement for the Fitzpatrick Skin Type (FST) scale. The FST first became popular in the 1970s,…
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Ban Federal Use of Facial Recognition
A group of Democratic lawmakers – and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders – have reintroduced legislation that would ban the use of facial recognition…