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Meta Reportedly Considered Bringing Facial Recognition Support to Its Smart Glasses
Meta explored adding facial recognition to its smart glasses, allowing users to identify nearby individuals, according to a report. This opt-in feature raises privacy concerns, as people whose faces would be scanned wouldn't be offered a choice. While current Ray-Ban Meta glasses use an LED to indicate recording, it's unclear if facial recognition ...
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Soon, Face Recognition Cameras At Prayagraj Railway Station For Mahakumbh
With around 10 crore people expected to travel to Prayagraj by train for Mahakumbh early next year, several measures, including the installation of face recognition cameras, are being taken to enhance security at the nine railway stations here.
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Huawei Mate 80 Series Tipped to Feature In-Display 3D Face Recognition Technology
Huawei Mate 80 series, which isn’t slated to launch at least until next year, could feature advanced facial recognition technology, according to claims on social media by a tipster. The handset could reportedly provide increased security and privacy to users, courtesy of advanced 3D facial recognition technology embedded under the display.
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364 Railway Stations to Get CCTV Cameras With Face Recognition System
As many as 6122 Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras including 3652 cameras with a face recognition system will be installed at 364 railway stations of the Central Railway, it said in a release on Tuesday.
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Centre Using Face Recognition Tech To Promote Digital Life Certificates For Pensioners: Minister
The Centre has been promoting the use of digital life certificates for pensioners through the latest face recognition technology to ensure transparency and 'ease of usage', Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.
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Clearview AI Face Scanner Aims to Branch Out Beyond Police Use
A controversial face recognition company that's built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and — most recently — the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.
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AI-Based Bot Detects Politicians Distracted by Phone, Posts Photo on Twitter and Asks Them to Focus
The tool, called 'The Flemish Scrollers,' detects politicians in the Flemish province of Belgium when they get distracted and start using phones during proceedings, which are livestreamed. Not only does it detect them with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) but also posts results on Twitter. It even tags political representatives that it find...
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Regulation of Face Recognition Software Use Could Be Coming Soon, in the US
A week after Amazon banned the sale of its face recognition technology to police indefinitely, regulation could be coming to determine how such technology can be used. This is in part because the potential for bias in the technology. In 2018, a study on facial recognition technologies found that the software identified lighter-skinned people accura...
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Alibaba "Eliminates" Ethnic Tag That Identifies Uighur Muslims
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify members of the country's Muslim Uighur minority.
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Facebook Rolls Out Face Recognition Feature, Kills Tagging Option
In a much-needed relief for 2.41 billion users, Facebook is rolling out Face recognition feature to all which will replace the earlier "Tag Suggestions" settings that notified you if someone uploaded a photo and automatically tagged you in it.
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Using Face Recognition, Telangana Police Find Girl Missing Since 2 Years
With their face-recognition tool 'Darpan', Telangana police have managed to reunite a 7-year-old girl with her parents, two years after she went missing. The child had gone missing from Hyderabad and was found in Madhya Pradesh.
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Lawsuit Against Google Over Facial Recognition Software Dismissed
A judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that Google violated privacy of users by using facial recognition technology to scan their photos without their explicit consent.
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Humans Can Recognise 5,000 Faces, Study Finds Out
From family and friends to strangers on the subway and public figures on 24-hour news cycles, humans recognise an astonishing 5,000 faces, scientists said Wednesday in the first study of its kind.
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Soon, Fliers Can Enter Indian Airports Through Facial Recognition
Travellers will soon be able to enter airports in the country with facial recognition biometric under the government's Digi Yatra initiative.
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Face Recognition Tech Can Land You In Trouble. Here's How
When deployed as a tool to unlock your phone, facial recognition may be a convenience. When used by a company to tag you in photos, the technology may raise questions of privacy, consent and data security.
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Meta Reportedly Considered Bringing Facial Recognition Support to Its Smart Glasses
Meta explored adding facial recognition to its smart glasses, allowing users to identify nearby individuals, according to a report. This opt-in feature raises privacy concerns, as people whose faces would be scanned wouldn't be offered a choice. While current Ray-Ban Meta glasses use an LED to indicate recording, it's unclear if facial recognition ...
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Soon, Face Recognition Cameras At Prayagraj Railway Station For Mahakumbh
With around 10 crore people expected to travel to Prayagraj by train for Mahakumbh early next year, several measures, including the installation of face recognition cameras, are being taken to enhance security at the nine railway stations here.
-
Huawei Mate 80 Series Tipped to Feature In-Display 3D Face Recognition Technology
Huawei Mate 80 series, which isn’t slated to launch at least until next year, could feature advanced facial recognition technology, according to claims on social media by a tipster. The handset could reportedly provide increased security and privacy to users, courtesy of advanced 3D facial recognition technology embedded under the display.
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364 Railway Stations to Get CCTV Cameras With Face Recognition System
As many as 6122 Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras including 3652 cameras with a face recognition system will be installed at 364 railway stations of the Central Railway, it said in a release on Tuesday.
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Centre Using Face Recognition Tech To Promote Digital Life Certificates For Pensioners: Minister
The Centre has been promoting the use of digital life certificates for pensioners through the latest face recognition technology to ensure transparency and 'ease of usage', Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.
-
Clearview AI Face Scanner Aims to Branch Out Beyond Police Use
A controversial face recognition company that's built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and — most recently — the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.
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AI-Based Bot Detects Politicians Distracted by Phone, Posts Photo on Twitter and Asks Them to Focus
The tool, called 'The Flemish Scrollers,' detects politicians in the Flemish province of Belgium when they get distracted and start using phones during proceedings, which are livestreamed. Not only does it detect them with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) but also posts results on Twitter. It even tags political representatives that it find...
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Regulation of Face Recognition Software Use Could Be Coming Soon, in the US
A week after Amazon banned the sale of its face recognition technology to police indefinitely, regulation could be coming to determine how such technology can be used. This is in part because the potential for bias in the technology. In 2018, a study on facial recognition technologies found that the software identified lighter-skinned people accura...
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Alibaba "Eliminates" Ethnic Tag That Identifies Uighur Muslims
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify members of the country's Muslim Uighur minority.
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Facebook Rolls Out Face Recognition Feature, Kills Tagging Option
In a much-needed relief for 2.41 billion users, Facebook is rolling out Face recognition feature to all which will replace the earlier "Tag Suggestions" settings that notified you if someone uploaded a photo and automatically tagged you in it.
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Using Face Recognition, Telangana Police Find Girl Missing Since 2 Years
With their face-recognition tool 'Darpan', Telangana police have managed to reunite a 7-year-old girl with her parents, two years after she went missing. The child had gone missing from Hyderabad and was found in Madhya Pradesh.
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Lawsuit Against Google Over Facial Recognition Software Dismissed
A judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that Google violated privacy of users by using facial recognition technology to scan their photos without their explicit consent.
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Humans Can Recognise 5,000 Faces, Study Finds Out
From family and friends to strangers on the subway and public figures on 24-hour news cycles, humans recognise an astonishing 5,000 faces, scientists said Wednesday in the first study of its kind.
-
Soon, Fliers Can Enter Indian Airports Through Facial Recognition
Travellers will soon be able to enter airports in the country with facial recognition biometric under the government's Digi Yatra initiative.
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Face Recognition Tech Can Land You In Trouble. Here's How
When deployed as a tool to unlock your phone, facial recognition may be a convenience. When used by a company to tag you in photos, the technology may raise questions of privacy, consent and data security.
