AI + ML
UK privacy watchdog may fine selfie-hoarding Clearview AI £17m... eventually, perhaps
Regulator's 'assertions are factually and legally incorrect' biz tells El Reg
30 Nov 2021 08:26 | 21
Facial Recognition
Articles tagged with Facial Recognition
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Facebook ditches its creepy, controversial robot – yes, its facial-recognition AI
Social network is going to sit this one out until clear rules are formulated
02 Nov 2021 21:47 | 14
AI + ML
UK schools slap a hold on facial scanning of children amid fierce criticism
'Consent cannot be truly freely given' says privacy campaigner
26 Oct 2021 13:45 | 68
Updated
Give us your biometric data to get your lunch in 5 seconds, UK schools tell children
Facial recognition for meal payment system works for kids, supplier says
18 Oct 2021 12:15 | 126
AI + ML
Euro Parliament backs ban on cops using blanket facial-recognition surveillance
Majority of MEPs want end to police face-ID'ing anyone and everyone in public, and more
07 Oct 2021 06:22 | 19
AI + ML
UK's Surveillance Commissioner warns of 'ethically fraught' facial recognition tech concerns
How about being an anonymous face in a crowd? Is that not allowed anymore?
21 Sep 2021 13:45 | 12
AI + ML
It's bizarre we're at a point where reports are written on how human rights trump AI rights
But that's what UN group has done
16 Sep 2021 21:40 | 13
AI + ML
If it were possible to evade facial-recognition systems using just subtle makeup, it might look something like this
Interested in poking away at machine-learning models? This academic study could be a good start
16 Sep 2021 13:47 | 41
AI + ML
Academics tell UK lords that folk aren't keen on predictive policing, facial recognition, heightened surveillance
Philip K Dick is rolling in his grave
07 Sep 2021 15:20 | 21
Analysis
Don't believe the hype that AI-generated 'master faces' can break into face recognition systems any time soon
The machine learning model was trained and tested on limited data
10 Aug 2021 07:44 | 23
AI + ML
Peers question experts over UK police use of AI, facial recognition tech
Academics, senior officers sat at uncomfortable table and asked 'what's going on 'ere, then?'
21 Jul 2021 08:30 | 12
AI + ML
Teen turned away from roller rink after AI wrongly identifies her as banned troublemaker
Software claimed it was 97% sure
16 Jul 2021 10:57 | 128
Security
Regulating facial recognition technology? It's the 'Wild West out there,' says US law boffin
House Committee on the Judiciary told until there is a proper regime, there will be 'misuse, and mistrust' of the tech
15 Jul 2021 14:16 | 7
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Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners
US retailers accused of privacy invasion
14 Jul 2021 19:14 | 50
AI + ML
US Homeland Security sued for 'stonewalling' over use of Clearview facial recognition
Potential surveillance nightmare could be unfolding in secret, civil-rights warriors fear
14 Apr 2021 12:15 | 13
Security
Pair accused of turning photos into vids to crack tax dept facial recognition system in China
Then issuing tens of millions in fake invoices
31 Mar 2021 05:05 | 29
Security
Intel wheels out new face authentication product that works a lot like Apple's FaceID
Chipzilla joins facial-recog race
07 Jan 2021 15:45 | 9
AI + ML
After demonstrating a facial recognition system that works on cows, moo-chine learning pioneer seeks growth funding
A grand uddertaking
27 Nov 2020 09:08 | 29
Personal Tech
YouTube is going to splash adverts all over your videos, and won't pay creators unless there's a big enough audience
Also bans devs from scraping the site for facial recognition fodder
20 Nov 2020 00:34 | 66
Science
Los Angeles police ban facial recognition software and launch review after officers accused of unauthorized use
Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do when they run an algorithm for you?
19 Nov 2020 02:23 | 9
Security
Europe clamps down on cybersurveillance exports, pushes human rights focus
No selling to evil folks albeit with a few big loopholes for some
11 Nov 2020 07:29 | 7
AI + ML
Black Lives Matter protester ID'd from Twitter photo via facial-recog system secretly used by US law enforcement
NCRFRILS had never been disclosed publicly – until court case
04 Nov 2020 17:00 | 28
AI + ML
IBM calls for US export bans on facial recognition tech including cameras and big iron
‘Certain foreign governments’ can’t be allowed to conduct mass surveillance
14 Sep 2020 07:58 | 17
AI + ML
ICE to see you: Homeland Security's immigration cops tap up Clearview AI to probe child exploitation, cyber-crime
One-year deal worth quarter of a million dollars
15 Aug 2020 10:25 | 12
Security
Police face-recog tech use in Welsh capital of Cardiff was unlawful – Court of Appeal
Judges went out of their way not to set a nationwide precedent, though
11 Aug 2020 11:53 | 33
AI + ML
Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's)
Uncle Sam tests AI models with pics of immigrants, travelers. Wait, what?
28 Jul 2020 10:47 | 52
AI + ML
Sick of AI engines scraping your pics for facial recognition? Here's a way to Fawkes them right up
Cloaking code contaminates snapshots so they're useless for face matching
22 Jul 2020 20:12 | 66
AI + ML
Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Australia team up, snap on gloves to probe AI-for-cops upstart Clearview
Investigation follows Canada's decision to give image-scraping biz the boot
09 Jul 2020 22:28 | 16
Security
NEC insists its face-recog training dataset isn't biased, but refuses to share details of Neoface system with UK court
Magical Black Box of Suspects to Arrest is updated annually, says firm
30 Jun 2020 15:51 | 12
Security
Brit police's use of facial-recognition tech is lawful, no need to question us, cops' lawyer tells Court of Appeal
Plus: Home Office urges judges to leave lax legal framework as is
26 Jun 2020 15:00 | 58
AI + ML
Detroit cops cuffed, threw a dad misidentified by facial recognition in jail. Now the ACLU's demanding action
Another machine-learning model that can't tell people of color apart? Shocker
24 Jun 2020 23:56 | 35
Security
Laws on police facial recognition aren't tough enough, UK data watchdog barrister tells Court of Appeal
Top judge replies: Don't understand what you're on about
24 Jun 2020 17:47 | 45
Security
Hey NYPD, when you're done tear-gassing and running over protesters, can you tell us about your spy gear?
City council demands snoop gear kit reports, mayor OK with that
19 Jun 2020 21:55 | 81
AI + ML
After IBM axed its face-recog tech, the rest of the dominoes fell like a house of cards: Amazon and now Microsoft. Checkmate
At least its bandwagon-detection AI still works
12 Jun 2020 01:26 | 43
Updated
AWS won't sell facial-recog tool to police for a year – other law enforcement agencies are in the clear
Cop block doesn't mention BLM, nods to legislative interest in writing rules for AI ethics
11 Jun 2020 08:02 | 14
AI + ML
IBM quits facial recognition because Black Lives Matter
CEO Arvind Krishna tells Congress it’s time to debate law enforcement reform, including access to AI
09 Jun 2020 07:01 | 45
AI + ML
Clearview AI sued by ACLU for scraping billions of selfies from social media to power its facial-recog-for-cops system
Startup says it's covered by the First Ammendment, ta very much
28 May 2020 22:56 | 17
Security
You can't have it both ways: Anti-coronavirus masks may thwart our creepy face-recog cameras, London cops admit
Metropolitan Police's China-style surveillance runs up against reality
15 May 2020 14:43 | 137
Personal Tech
Lawyers hail 'superb result' in Facebook biometric privacy battle: They'll get 25% of $550m, Illinois gets the rest
Sure, they should have got more, but let’s not get greedy here
13 May 2020 03:51 | 17
Science
Uncle Sam stonewalls probe into its secretive airport facial-recognition technology. Now the ACLU is suing
All your face are belong to US
12 Mar 2020 23:08 | 8
AI + ML
If you're wondering how Brit cops' live suspect-hunting facial-recog is going, it's cruising at 88% false positives
AI software led to one person on Met's watch list being positively identified out of 8,600 people
05 Mar 2020 06:12 | 92
AI + ML
Hacker swipes customer list from controversial face-recog-for-Feds Clearview. Its reaction? 'A part of life'
AI biz tells clients miscreant 'gained unauthorized access', tells us 'servers were never accessed, flaw patched'
26 Feb 2020 20:51 | 19
AI + ML
London's top cop dismisses 'highly inaccurate or ill informed' facial-recognition critics, possibly ironically
Appears she ignored report that concluded the tech is highly inaccurate
25 Feb 2020 07:05 | 141
Science
London's Metropolitan Police flip the switch: Smile, fellow citizens... you're undergoing Live Facial Recognition
This is not a test
20 Feb 2020 16:49 | 77
AI + ML
Will Police Scotland use real-time discrimination-happy face-recog tech? Senior cop tells us: We won't... for now
After panel urges halt to live matching, top brass says it would only be 'used in an intelligence-led, targeted way'
13 Feb 2020 08:11 | 24
Updated
Google, YouTube, Twitter tell face-rec upstart Clearview to stop harvesting people's content – that's their job
Tech-for-cops CEO claims First Amendment rights as a legal defense
05 Feb 2020 23:01 | 13
AI + ML
Facebook coughs up $550m to make AI photo tagging lawsuit vanish. How ever will it survive on that $17.9bn left over?
That tech backlash in full: More and more are using the antisocial network
30 Jan 2020 20:45 | 14
Roundup
Mysterious face-recog AI startup Clearview sued, capabilities questioned after scraping billions of web pics
Also, the most detailed brain map yet took 12 years, $40m to build
26 Jan 2020 18:02 | 22
AI + ML
Europe mulls five year ban on facial recognition in public... with loopholes for security and research
Euro Commission also wants to loosen purse strings for AI investment while tightening reins
17 Jan 2020 21:29 | 42
Vid
Facial-recognition algos vary wildly, US Congress told, as politicians try to come up with new laws on advanced tech
Most-accurate algorithms showed 'little to no bias', so nothing to fear, eh?
16 Jan 2020 03:14 | 10
Science
Trump Administration fast-tracks compulsory border facial recognition scans for all US citizens
Homeland Security also clamping down on H1-B visas
03 Dec 2019 21:26 | 58
Legal
In your face! US Senate mulls bipartisan federal law on police facial recognition use
Bill would require cops to get a court order for any surveillance
14 Nov 2019 22:21 | 12
AI + ML
The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system – and we're going to court to prove it, says ACLU
Civil-rights warriors sue FBI, DEA, DoJ over fears of secretive mass-spying network
31 Oct 2019 21:26 | 37
AI + ML
Come on, you can't be serious: Now Australia mulls face-recog tech for p0rno site age checks
A whole new spin on facial recognition
29 Oct 2019 19:36 | 104
Roundup
Rekognition still racist, politicians desperate over deepfakes, and a good reason to go to (some) music festivals
Let's bring you up to speed on the latest misuses of machine-learning tech
28 Oct 2019 11:45 | 16
AI + ML
Guess who's dreaming of facial-recog body cams now? US border cops: AI tech sought to scrutinize travelers
Always-on, always-recording, always-analyzing gear mulled
18 Oct 2019 20:39 | 30
Updated
How much is your face worth? Google thinks a $5 Starbucks gift card should be good enough
Pixel 4 facial recognition tests go beyond the pale
03 Oct 2019 20:51 | 20
AI + ML
Computer says no: An expression-analysing AI has been picking out job candidates for Unilever
One day you may find yourself having to impress software
30 Sep 2019 11:10 | 60
AI + ML
Amazon, maker of racist and sexist facial recog, to suggest regulations for facial recog systems
Now we're really scared
27 Sep 2019 16:00 | 16
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Vimeo's Clippy-for-video-bumpf app 'breaks biometric privacy law by slurping thousands of faces without consent'
AI marketing tool sparks lawsuit
24 Sep 2019 00:00 | 15
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