Ohio state's top legal eagle just made it harder for the FBI, ICE, cops to snoop around its DMV DB for people's faces Reminder: They're not allowed to do that without permission Science15 Aug 2019 | 12
J'accuse! Amazon's Rekognition reckons 1 in 5 Californian lawmakers are crims in ACLU test You gotta use 99% confidence setting before arresting anyone Science14 Aug 2019 | 61
Plot twist: Google's not spying on King's Cross with facial recognition tech, but its landlord is Updated More unregulated creepycams blight London Security12 Aug 2019 | 60
Take two cornerstones of British life, booze and queues, then squirt them with face scans: AI Bar Pics and video System tracks who's next, but it's no stand-in for a good bartender's judgment AI + ML02 Aug 2019 | 76
It's a facial-recognition bonanza: Oakland bans it, activists track it, and pics taken from dating-site OkCupid feed it Roundup Watching us, watching you AI + ML21 Jul 2019 | 13
Arrested development: Cops dump Amazon's facial-recognition API after struggling to make the thing work properly 15 months of wrangling and Orlando couldn't even begin testing AI cloud tech for population surveillance AI + ML19 Jul 2019 | 18
Those facial recognition trials in the UK? They should be banned, warns Parliamentary committee Updated Latest call to halt creepy tech likely to fall on deaf ears Security18 Jul 2019 | 26
UK Home Secretary doubles down on cops' deeply flawed facial recognition trials 1984 is not an instruction manual, and yet here we are Security12 Jul 2019 | 47
'It’s not a surveillance program'... US govt isn't going all Beijing on us with border face-recog, official tells Congress Lawmakers told: 'We don’t run the scans against any other databases' AI + ML11 Jul 2019 | 34
Chinese government has got it 'spot on' when it comes to face-recog tech says, er, London's Met cops' top rep Thinks British public will be fine getting stopped and searched on faulty software's say so Science08 Jul 2019 | 80
FBI and immigration officials trawling US driving licence databases for suspects Maybe time to put 4th amendment-bothering facial recog on ICE? Legal08 Jul 2019 | 23
Metropolitan Police's facial recognition tech not only crap, but also of dubious legality – report Just 8 out of 42 matches correct, say uni researchers Legal04 Jul 2019 | 128
How do we stop facial recognition from becoming the next Facebook: ubiquitous and useful yet dangerous, impervious and misunderstood? We talk to one CEO about why bans aren't the answer but federal regulation is Security03 Jul 2019 | 36
US cop body cam maker says it won't ship face-recog tech in its kit? Due to ethics? Did we slip into a parallel universe? Development paused after AI experts sounded alarm. Amazon et al take note, eh? AI + ML28 Jun 2019 | 15
You're responsible for getting permission from subjects if you want to use Windows Photos' facial recog feature Microsoft gets nervous, dumps burden of consent on users AI + ML10 Jun 2019 | 40
Auditors slam FBI for shoddy testing of facial-recog tech. But no big deal. It only has 641m images on its systems No one has complained so far, fed honcho protests AI + ML05 Jun 2019 | 17
Tesla's autonomous lane changing software is worse at driving than humans, and more Roundup Also, one man launched a legal battle against the police for using facial recognition cameras in the UK AI + ML28 May 2019 | 124
We listened to more than 3 hours of US Congress testimony on facial recognition so you didn't have to go through it Analysis Long story short: Models are ineffective, racist, dumb... AI + ML22 May 2019 | 50
Let's check in with our friends in England and, oh good, bloke fined after hiding face from police mug-recog cam Video Well, it is the nation that brought us Nineteen Eighty-Four AI + ML16 May 2019 | 166
San Francisco votes no to facial-recognition tech for cops, govt – while its denizens create it Alternative headline: Face-rec tech rekt – wham ban, thank you, San Fran AI + ML14 May 2019 | 21
Photo 'memories' storage biz Ever uses family snaps to train facial recognition AI You mean you didn't read the 2,566-word privacy policy? AI + ML10 May 2019 | 20
UK is 'not a surveillance state' insists minister defending police face recog tech Creepycams are fine. Public just needs to trust us... I mean them, I mean private firms Science03 May 2019 | 103
Baffling tale of Apple shops' 'non-facial' 'facial recognition', a stolen ID, and a $1bn lawsuit after a wrongful arrest Teen loses driving permit, gets wrongly linked to spate of thefts AI + ML23 Apr 2019 | 85
FYI: Get ready for face scans on leaving the US because 1.2% of visitors overstayed their visas Water cooler Uncle Sam wants to run fliers' fizogs through photo databases by 2023 Science23 Apr 2019 | 85
Microsoft president: We said no to Cali cops' face-recog tech – and we won't craft killer robots Why? Because biased AI is bad news for minorities AI + ML17 Apr 2019 | 25
While Google agonizes over military AI, IBM is happy to pick up the slack, even for the Chinese military Big Blue insists it's only for good ol' fashioned research AI + ML12 Apr 2019 | 15
SEC says no to Amazon bid to stop shareholders voting on use of facial recognition system Proposal seeking to halt sale of Rekognition to US agencies to be heard at annual meeting Science08 Apr 2019 | 22
Dodgy US government facial data grab, self-nannying cars, and a chance for non-techies to learn about AI Roundup The week's news in AI and machine learning AI + ML25 Mar 2019 | 11
New phone who dis? Facial recognition models more farcical despite progress GTC AI doesn't always work as well as you'd expect in real life AI + ML21 Mar 2019 | 17
UK Ministry of Justice: Surprise! We tested out biometric tech in prisons and 'visitors' with drugs up their bums ran away Oh, we'll let regulators know about it next time, promise Security06 Mar 2019 | 69
The infamous AI gaydar study was repeated – and, no, code can't tell if you're straight or not just from your face What are these pesky neural networks really looking at? AI + ML05 Mar 2019 | 43
Cops told live facial recog needs oversight, rigorous trial design, protections against bias How about only using face-scan tech if it, er, actually works, is the only option, eh? Science27 Feb 2019 | 25
Oh dear! Amazon's facial recognition is racist and sexist – and there's a JLaw deep fake that will make you want to tear out your eyes Roundup The week's other news in AI AI + ML03 Feb 2019 | 43
Romford Station, smile! You're in London cops' final facial recog 'trial' Cams trained on entrance today and tomorrow – so tough luck if that's on your commute route AI + ML31 Jan 2019 | 58
Forget Finding Nemo: This AI can identify a single zebrafish out of a 100-strong shoal Sounds fishy, yet it works for fruit flies, too. So take that, fish/fly-spotting humans AI + ML15 Jan 2019 | 16
Americans are just fine with facial recognition technology – as long as they get shorter queues The younger generation leads the fight against face matching AI + ML11 Jan 2019 | 43
Y'know how you might look at someone and can't help but wonder if they have a genetic disorder? We've taught AI to do the same More suggestive assistant than robo-doc, boffins say AI + ML09 Jan 2019 | 37
Full frontal vulnerability: Photos can still trick, unlock Android mobes via facial recognition Dutch consumer club names 42 easy-to-fool cameras Personal Tech04 Jan 2019 | 51
Who's watching you from an unmarked van while you shop in London? Cops with facial recog tech Great. Big Brother Watch claims tech had 100% fail rate since May Security17 Dec 2018 | 112
Taylor's gonna spy, spy, spy, spy, spy... fans can't shake cam off, shake cam off Swifties' faces scanned against DB of 'known stalkers' at US gig – reports Security13 Dec 2018 | 101
ICO to probe facial recog amid concerns UK cops can't shake their love for unregulated creepy tech Plus: Boffins find kit struggles in low light, crowds Science03 Dec 2018 | 14
Scot.gov wins pals with pledge not to keep hold of innocents' mugshots and biometric data So why can't UK.gov do the same? – campaigners Security22 Aug 2018 | 17
Need a facial recognition auto-doxxx tool? Social Mapper has you covered Use this to match profiles to names of people at an organization. Nothing could possibly go wrong here AI + ML10 Aug 2018 | 28
America's top maker of cop body cameras says facial-recog AI isn't safe Analysis You listening, Cressida Dick? AI + ML09 Aug 2018 | 37
Facial recognition tech to be used on Olympians and staff at Tokyo 2020 NEC to provide NeoFace kit to 40-plus venues for the games AI + ML07 Aug 2018 | 14
UK.gov ploughs cash into creaky police technology £100m funding for unified IT systems, biometrics, data exploitation Security02 Aug 2018 | 18
Rights group launches legal challenge over London cops' use of facial recognition tech Court asked to grant permission for judicial review of 'inaccurate' snooping tech AI + ML26 Jul 2018 | 49
Clean up this hot sticky facial-recog mess for us, Microsoft begs politicos Redmond also insists ICE is not using its AI to snare immigrants, split families at the border Science13 Jul 2018 | 9
London's top cop isn't expecting facial recog tech to result in 'lots of arrests' Anyway, it's only a trial – and it's what the public would want! Science04 Jul 2018 | 53
So woke: Microsoft's face-recog can now ID more people who aren't pasty white blokes This would work great for ICE. We're just saying... AI + ML26 Jun 2018 | 20
Cardiff chap chucks challenge at chops*-checking cops Case says facial recognition tech breaches right to privacy, free expression Legal13 Jun 2018 | 42
US judge won't budge over Facebook's last-minute bid to 'derail' facial biometrics trial Updated 'Concerns' about cost and embarrassment fall flat On-Prem30 May 2018 | 28
MPs slam UK.gov's 'unacceptable' hoarding of custody images Keeping innocent mugs on file is unethical – tech committee Legal25 May 2018 | 44
London's Met Police: We won't use facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival But cops' trial of controversial tech will continue Security24 May 2018 | 45
Folks are shocked – shocked – that CIA-backed Amazon is selling face-recog tech to US snoops, cops Analysis ACLU warns of biases in AWS cloud tech Science22 May 2018 | 19
US judge to Facebook: Nope, facial recognition lawsuit has to go to jury Too many disputes over how the tech and law work On-Prem15 May 2018 | 21
Zero arrests, 2 correct matches, no criminals: London cops' facial recog tech slammed False positive rate of 98% doesn't count, say police, because 'checks and balances' Security15 May 2018 | 122
US army boffins use AI to spot faces in the dark Neural network recreates real images from thermal cameras AI + ML17 Apr 2018 | 6
UK peers: Is this what you call governance of facial recog tech? A 'few scattered papers'! Green Party's Jenny Jones calls for immediate ban Legal03 Mar 2018 | 62
South Wales cops crow about facial recognition arrests on social media Cams on in Cardiff as activists decry 'infringement' of rights Legal05 Feb 2018 | 88
You can find me in da club, database full of faces… but this ain't privacy watchers' jam Facial recognition app promises to verify your age to bouncers Software02 Feb 2018 | 20
You too can fool AI facial recognition systems by wearing glasses All you need is to, erm, give the computers some nasty training data AI + ML20 Dec 2017 | 17