BRIEF: The Legislative Pushback Against Biometric Facial Recognition
Apple’s introduction of the face-scanning Face ID system in 2017’s iPhone X went a long way in helping to make facial recognition for authentication a…
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Amazon Calling For Government Regulation of Facial Recognition Tech
Amazon is now calling for government regulation of facial recognition technology, even as it defends sales of its own such technology to law enforcement…
MIT AI Policy Congress Convenes to Discuss AI and Ethics
The inaugural MIT AI Policy Congress recently convened in Massachusetts, bringing together leading researchers, industry insiders, and policy experts for a…
Amazon Patent Brings Biometric Surveillance to Your Front Door
A newly published patent application from Amazon outlines a smart doorbell designed to use facial recognition for a kind of technologically-enhanced…
Year in Review: Facial Recognition Was in the Spotlight in 2018, Warts and All
Facial recognition technology has had a big year, in good ways and bad. On the positive side, Apple signaled a more or less definitive switch to 3D facial…
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…
It’s Been a Rollercoaster Year – Take Stock with Our Annual Biometrics Survey
It has been another remarkable year for the biometrics industry, with a lot of activity across a wide range of sectors. Apple, which spearheaded the mobile…
Amazon Exec Defends Sale of Facial Recognition to Police in Internal Meeting
“After an ACLU report revealed that Amazon had been selling facial recognition technology to police earlier this year, an assortment of privacy rights…
ACLU Uses Amazon’s Rekognition to Match Members of Congress with Mugshots
“…in responding the ACLU’s latest volley, a spokesperson emphasized that Rekognition is used to aid human review, and not to definitively link one facial image…
‘Our Company Should Not Be In the Surveillance Business’: Amazon Employees
Amazon’s own employees have now joined the chorus of voices calling for the company to halt its sale of biometric surveillance technology to law enforcement…