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US Woman Jailed for 6 Months After Facial Recognition Misidentification
Williams ended up facing 16 charges, including 12 felonies, largely based on what appears to be a mistaken identity.
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Better Than AI? These "Super-Recogniser" UK Cops Never Forget A Face
Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.But British police say it has to go hand in hand with more traditional methods of detection.
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Clearview AI Plans to Bring Facial Recognition Software to Apps, Police-Serving Companies
Clearview AI is planning to introduce its facial recognition software to new companies and apps, especially those serving the police. The step has invited debate over the ethics of leveraging disputed data to design artificial intelligence systems.
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Facial Recognition Software Trialled by Australia to Police COVID-19 Pandemic Rules
Australia's two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy to the vast majority of the country's population.
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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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Amazon Extends Ban on Police Use of Facial Recognition Software
Amazon said it is extending until further notice a moratorium it imposed last year on police use of its facial recognition software.
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Facial Recognition Software Helps Reunite Boy With Family After 5 Years
A boy from Uttar Pradesh, who went missing five years ago, was traced to a child welfare home in Assam and reunited with his family, thanks to Telangana Police's facial recognition tool, DARPAN.
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Microsoft Bans Face-Recognition Sales to Police as Big Tech Reacts to Protests
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM.
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TikTok Faces Scrutiny From EU Watchdogs
TikTok's practices are to be examined by an EU task force, the bloc's privacy watchdog said on Wednesday, which also warned EU police forces against using facial recognition software from US company Clearview AI.
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Amazon Bans Police Use Of Its Facial Recognition Technology For A Year
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday 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 enforcement brutality against people of color.
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IBM Exits Facial Recognition Business, Calls for Police Reform
International Business Machines (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 Arvind Krishna said.
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Privacy Fears as Police Use Facial Recognition at PM Modi's Ramlila Maidan Rally
Police in Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally - a first for India - raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amidst nationwide protests against a new citizenship law.
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San Francisco Becomes First US City To Ban Facial-Recognition Software
San Francisco on Tuesday became the first city in the U.S. to ban the use of facial-recognition software by city agencies and the police, dealing a swift symbolic blow to a key technology rapidly being deployed by law enforcement nationwide.
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2 Percent Accuracy In Delhi Police Facial Recognition Software, Court Told
The accuracy of facial recognition software being used by police to trace missing persons is only two per cent and "not good", the Delhi High Court was informed today.
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Facial Recognition Is Too Dangerous, Says Microsoft, Urging Intervention
Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important and potentially dangerous for tech giants to police themselves.
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US Woman Jailed for 6 Months After Facial Recognition Misidentification
Williams ended up facing 16 charges, including 12 felonies, largely based on what appears to be a mistaken identity.
-
Better Than AI? These "Super-Recogniser" UK Cops Never Forget A Face
Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.But British police say it has to go hand in hand with more traditional methods of detection.
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Clearview AI Plans to Bring Facial Recognition Software to Apps, Police-Serving Companies
Clearview AI is planning to introduce its facial recognition software to new companies and apps, especially those serving the police. The step has invited debate over the ethics of leveraging disputed data to design artificial intelligence systems.
-
Facial Recognition Software Trialled by Australia to Police COVID-19 Pandemic Rules
Australia's two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy to the vast majority of the country's population.
-
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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Amazon Extends Ban on Police Use of Facial Recognition Software
Amazon said it is extending until further notice a moratorium it imposed last year on police use of its facial recognition software.
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Facial Recognition Software Helps Reunite Boy With Family After 5 Years
A boy from Uttar Pradesh, who went missing five years ago, was traced to a child welfare home in Assam and reunited with his family, thanks to Telangana Police's facial recognition tool, DARPAN.
-
Microsoft Bans Face-Recognition Sales to Police as Big Tech Reacts to Protests
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM.
-
TikTok Faces Scrutiny From EU Watchdogs
TikTok's practices are to be examined by an EU task force, the bloc's privacy watchdog said on Wednesday, which also warned EU police forces against using facial recognition software from US company Clearview AI.
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Amazon Bans Police Use Of Its Facial Recognition Technology For A Year
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday 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 enforcement brutality against people of color.
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IBM Exits Facial Recognition Business, Calls for Police Reform
International Business Machines (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 Arvind Krishna said.
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Privacy Fears as Police Use Facial Recognition at PM Modi's Ramlila Maidan Rally
Police in Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally - a first for India - raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amidst nationwide protests against a new citizenship law.
-
San Francisco Becomes First US City To Ban Facial-Recognition Software
San Francisco on Tuesday became the first city in the U.S. to ban the use of facial-recognition software by city agencies and the police, dealing a swift symbolic blow to a key technology rapidly being deployed by law enforcement nationwide.
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2 Percent Accuracy In Delhi Police Facial Recognition Software, Court Told
The accuracy of facial recognition software being used by police to trace missing persons is only two per cent and "not good", the Delhi High Court was informed today.
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Facial Recognition Is Too Dangerous, Says Microsoft, Urging Intervention
Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important and potentially dangerous for tech giants to police themselves.
