Facial Recognition
FT reports the US is to add 8 Chinese companies to investment blacklist
The United States will add eight Chinese companies, including the world’s largest commercial drone manufacturer DJI Technology Co Ltd, to an investment blacklist this week, the Fin...
South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19 cases
South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected with the co...
Facebook will shut down facial recognition system
Facebook Inc has announced it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing concern about the use of suc...
Investors call for ethical approach to facial recognition technology
A group of 50 investors managing more than $4.5 trillion in assets is calling on companies involved in the development and use of facial recognition technology, such as Amazon and ...
Face recognition vendor vows new rules after wrongful arrest in US using its technology
Facial recognition vendor Rank One Computing said it would “add legal means” and research other ways to thwart misuse after its software was involved in the first known...
Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition tech for a year
Amazon.com has said it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software, halting a business it long defended as many protested law enforcemen...
IBM exits facial recognition business, calls for police reform
IBM disclosed Monday it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity, new CEO Ar...
Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics want ban
Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed the first US state law that sharply curbs law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, while civil rights activist...
Chinese facial recognition business says even mask-wearers can be identified
A company in China says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days becau...
Vatican joins IBM, Microsoft to call for regulation regarding facial recognition
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican joined forces with tech giants Microsoft and IBM on Friday to promote the ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI) and call for regulati...