Amazon Rekognition Quietly Scanned Thousands of UK Train Travelers: Report
Thousands of train travelers in the UK had their faces scanned by Amazon’s AI software during widespread trials over the past two years, according to a Wired…
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Amazon Illegally Sold Facial Recognition to Russia, Claims Former Employee
An ex-employee of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Charles Forrest, has accused the company of violating UK sanctions by providing facial recognition technology to…
AI Update: This Stuff Costs a Lot of Money
The UK government will focus on supporting niche manufacturing and designs in its efforts to become a major player in computer chips, according to the…
Is Google Actually Selling Facial Recognition to Israel?
What are the Project Nimbus protests really about? Earlier this month, employees of Google and Amazon took to the streets to protest their employers’ work with…
IRS Considers Biometric Alternatives to ID.me Amid Intense Media Scrutiny
Amid intense media scrutiny, the Treasury Department is reconsidering its use of ID.me’s biometric technology to verify the identities of individuals filing…
Shareholders Call for Investigation into Amazon’s Rekognition System
A group of activist investors is trying to hold Amazon to account for some of the problems with its Rekognition facial recognition system. To that end, the…
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…
South Korean Researchers Use Deepfakes to Fool Top Facial Recognition APIs
A team of South Korean researchers has published a study that suggests that some of the world’s leading facial recognition APIs may be far more vulnerable to…
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 […]
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…