facial-recognition
Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do
Leaked meetings show the robot will heavily rely on facial recognition and user behavior, but sources who worked on Astro say the robot is flawed.
Researchers Defeated Advanced Facial Recognition Tech Using Makeup
A new study used digitally and physically applied makeup to test the limits of state-of-the-art facial recognition software.
Researchers Create 'Master Faces' to Bypass Facial Recognition
According to the paper, their findings imply that facial recognition systems are “extremely vulnerable.”
48 Advocacy Groups Call on the FTC to Ban Amazon Surveillance
The open letter uses Amazon as a case study to argue that corporate surveillance technologies cause immense harm and fall under the FTC's authority to ban.
Man Wrongfully Arrested By Facial Recognition Tells Congress His Story
Robert Williams was arrested last year in Detroit after a facial recognition system misidentified him as a suspect.
Six Federal Agencies Used Facial Recognition On George Floyd Protestors
The FBI, U.S. Park Police, and other agencies used the technology during the height of 2020's protests, according to a new government watchdog report.
Hackers Fool Facial Recognition Into Thinking I’m Mark Zuckerberg
Using a new technique, researchers say they can make AI systems misidentify people by adding small bits of data to the images.
This Company Is Putting Face-Tracking Ad Tablets in the Back of Ubers
As drivers struggle to make ends meet, companies are eager to take advantage of the situation
Facial Recognition Failures Are Locking People Out of Unemployment Systems
ID.me's CEO says unemployment fraud is costing taxpayers $400 billion, but his own company is denying claims because of problems with its tech, users say.
Congress Introduces a Bill That Would Ban Facial Recognition Indefinitely
The technology has been proven to discriminate against Black people, and has already been banned in 20 US cities and the state of Vermont.
Tech Companies Are Training AI to Read Your Lips
First came facial recognition. Now, an early form of lip-reading AI is being deployed in hospitals, power plants, public transportation, and more.
NYPD’s Sprawling Facial Recognition System Now Has More Than 15,000 Cameras
The massive camera network is concentrated in predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods, according to a new crowdsourced report.