Facial recognition systems can be considered a controversial technology. On the one hand, this technology affects people’s privacy. On the other hand, it assists in preventing or detecting violence.

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On a steamy evening in May, 9,000 people filled Stingaree Stadium at Texas City High School for graduation night. A rainstorm delayed ceremonies by a half hour, but the school district’s facial ...

This broader form of biometric surveillance shows people may be identifiable even when their faces are partially obscured, ...

Facial recognition technology is revolutionizing how consumers shop, travel and purchase. It is used to better secure airport, hospital, retail store and entertainment venue entry points. It is also ...

In April 2018, Bronx public defender Kaitlin Jackson was assigned to represent a man accused of stealing a pair of socks from a TJ Maxx store. The man said he couldn’t have stolen the socks because at ...

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 ...

Researchers have demonstrated that they can fool a modern face recognition system into seeing someone who isn’t there. A team from the cybersecurity firm McAfee set up the attack against a facial ...

“It’s pretty frightening,” she told CNN Business. While 14 agencies told the GAO they used facial-recognition technology from outside the federal government to help with criminal investigations, only ...

An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images. A mosaic of about 50,000 images from the ...