It’s surprising how quickly public opinion can change. Winding the clocks back 12 months, many of us would have looked at a masked individual in public with suspicion. One consequence of this is that ...

A recent development in the realm of facial recognition technology addresses the challenges posed by face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, promising to recognize the face despite the mask, as ...

It’s unclear if this mask was produced and sold commercially, or was simply a thought experiment. A photograph of a person wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt and a clear, seemingly pleated mask shared ...

Facial recognition technology has come a long way in recent years, spurred in equal parts by convenience and the priorities of government snoops. Now, if you plan to go a long way via air travel, you ...

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer.

We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...

The World Economic Forum’s "Global Risks Report 2024" notes that foreign and domestic actors leveraging misinformation—often generated by AI—is among the most adverse threats the world will face in ...

Facial recognition is one of the most innovative and rapidly evolving technologies in the world today. It has gained widespread attention and adoption across various sectors for its ability to ...