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04/19/2024
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By Laura Harris
British gov’t to equip cops with facial recognition technology as part of $69M plan to combat retail crime
The government of the United Kingdom plans to allocate four million British pounds ($5 million) for the development of mobile police units equipped with live facial recognition technology that can scan people’s faces on the street, supposedly as a means to combat retail crimes. According to the announcement of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the program will make […]
03/11/2024
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By Ethan Huff
AI, palm scanners, facial recognition, augmented reality and more: The dystopian future is NOW
People often say that, unless something is done to stop it, the world will become a dystopian nightmare at some point in the future. The reality, though, is that we are already there. Just in the past several years, advancements in things like AI (artificial intelligence), cashless payment systems, augmented reality and more have happened […]
05/30/2023
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By Belle Carter
TSA’s use of FACIAL RECOGNITION tech in US airports rouses privacy concerns
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has roused privacy concerns as it ramped up the use of facial recognition technology in U.S. airports. “What we are trying to do with this is aid the officers to actually determine that you are who you say you are,” Jason Lim, TSA identity management capabilities manager, told reporters during a demonstration […]
03/30/2023
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By Ethan Huff
JPMorgan Chase wants consumers to pay for goods and services with face scans rather than cash and cards
One of the first big banks to embrace the notion of a cashless society, JPMorgan Chase is piloting a new payment technology that allows customers to buy and sell with just their palm or face – no cards or cash necessary. Following the lead of communist China, which already has such technology in place, JPMorgan […]
03/29/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Fashion company creating clothing line that shields people from AI facial recognition technology
Many live-feed CCTV cameras in major urban centers in developed nations are fitted with facial recognition software that can detect and identify individual human faces. This tech can even be upgraded with artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement. Governments claim this technology is only used against a predetermined watchlist, but the tech always gets accused of being […]
02/04/2020
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By Lance D Johnson
This uncanny AI can guess what you look like by analyzing voice recordings
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on an AI project that can accurately map what people look like just by analyzing voice recordings from the internet. The researchers published their first paper on the project: “Speech2Face: Learning the Face behind a Voice.” The researchers trained the AI neural networks using millions of YouTube […]
08/02/2019
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By Vicki Batts
Facial recognition will soon identify shoplifters and ban them from stores; experts say it’s ripe for abuse
Facial recognition software is everywhere, from the smartphone you use to the stores you shop in — and pretty soon, it may be an unstoppable force. Experts caution that as facial recognition software expands, privacy as we know it will become even more threatened. Soon, facial recognition may be used to “identify” shoplifters and ban […]
05/18/2018
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By David Williams
Chinese fugitive arrested after being identified in concert crowd by facial recognition tech
Facial recognition technology is now being applied to all sorts of things. Recently, a fugitive was arrested for unspecified economic crimes in China through the use of this technology, but the interesting thing was that he was caught while he was in the middle of a crowded concert – meaning his face was scoped out despite […]
12/01/2017
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By Rhonda Johansson
The next step in surveillance: “Smart” cameras violate your privacy in the form of AI dashcams for police, threat monitoring for retailers
For Vice President of Marketing of COBAN Technologies David Hinojosa, their new AI software is a “dashcam on steroids.” Such a description may elicit a smile or two but it does call to question just how rapidly we are transitioning to the virtual world. Many privacy and civil liberties activists believe that this new software […]
11/28/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Australia developing wearable “medical black box” for soldiers that records their biometrics while broadcasting an emergency beacon signal
Soldiers in Australia may be getting a new wearable device that keeps track of their health status and whereabouts on the battlefield. In the event a soldier is injured, the biometric device would act as an “emergency beacon” that could help expedite medical assistance and evacuation. Experts hope the wearable technology will reduce overall casualty […]
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