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Harvard students made Meta Ray-Bans do facial recognition. Meta execs once thought this was a good idea.
Before Meta Ray-Bans first launched, Meta executives weighed adding facial recognition software.
Katie Notopoulos
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He says AI can tell your politics and sexuality by reading your face. Is he right?
Michal Kosinski is pushing the boundaries of what artificial intelligence can do — and it terrifies…
Adam Rogers
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A school used facial recognition tech for cafeteria payments. An internet law expert says it's rarely worth the risk.
A UK school broke the law by using facial recognition technology in its cafeteria without assessing…
Nora Redmond
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Facial recognition tech is widespread now, but still might not recognize you
Facial recognition technology has become common, from Walmart Spark to the airport. But it still mi…
Alex Bitter
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Rite Aid is banned from using facial recognition in its stores after the FTC said it falsely flagged thousands of shoppers as potential criminals
The software generated thousands of false matches, the FTC said, including an 11-year-old girl who …
Grace Dean
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Facial recognition tool Pimeyes — which has been used to unmask pornstars and stalk people — is sued by 5 Illinois residents for 'irreparable injury'
A group of Illinois residents is suing facial recognition company Pimeyes alleging that the company…
Caroline Haskins
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A popular workshop for police encouraged cops to use face scans to ID people they pull over at traffic stops
Thousands of police across the US have taken this officer's course on using social media or other t…
Caroline Haskins
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India is ramping up the use of facial recognition to track down individuals without any laws to keep track of how this technology is being used
The Indian government is using facial recognition technology to track down the protestors who were …
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Democrat senators call ID.me's handling of user data 'careless, irresponsible, and improper' after Insider report
An Insider investigation found ID.me, which handles identity verification for several government ag…
Caroline Haskins
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Texas is suing Meta for violating state privacy laws with its former facial-recognition program
Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, is being sued by the Texas attorney general over its fac…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI banned from selling face database to private US businesses
Facial recognition company Clearview AI is now banned from selling its database of faces to private…
Caroline Haskins
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ICE spends $7.2 million to increase facial recognition and location tracking of migrants
ICE renewed a six-month contract with Trust Stamp, which develops facial recognition and GPS-enable…
Caroline Haskins
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As facial recognition software usage grows, NITI Aayog seeks clarity on Digi Yatra privacy
Amid growing concerns about use of facial recognition technology (FRT) across sectors, the NITI Aay…
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Walmart is facing a class action suit for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by using surveillance cameras and Clearview AI's facial recognition database
Walmart is facing a class action lawsuit over its alleged use of surveillance cameras and Clearview…
Caroline Haskins
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Ukraine is using facial recognition to ID dead Russian soldiers and send photos of corpses home to their moms: report
Facial recognition technology, donated by a controversial US firm, is part of a gruesome campaign t…
Laura Italiano
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James Dolan defends use of facial recognition technology to ban entry into Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall
The New York Knicks owner also threatened to stop serving alcohol at Rangers games in response to t…
Aaron McDade
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Identity verification service ID.me has a lucrative contract with the VA. Veterans and their families say it’s locked them out of disability payments and emergency assistance.
These issues disproportionately affected older veterans and veterans abroad, and added technical hu…
Caroline Haskins
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The IRS will move away using ID.me's facial recognition verification for IRS.gov
The IRS said it would stop using the third-party facial recognition service ID.me after Insider and…
Caroline Haskins
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When you log in to your IRS account this tax season you'll likely have to use ID.me to verify your identity. The service scoops up a huge pool of personal data that police and other authorities could tap into.
Observers worry how much information ID.me collects and how willing the company seems to be to shar…
Caroline Haskins
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"The worst facial-recognition company in the world": Surveillance-technology vendors quietly complained about Clearview AI at a top surveillance conference recently
The sense I got from this conference is that the industry is upset with the company for giving the …