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Microsoft reportedly tried to sell its facial recognition technology to the DEA
Microsoft which said last week it will not sell facial recognition technology to police departments…
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A new Senate bill would ban corporations from using facial recognition without people's explicit consent
If passed, the bill would wipe out much of the business of controversial facial recognition compani…
Aaron Holmes
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Amazon extends ban on police using its controversial facial-recognition software indefinitely
Amazon suspended sales of its facial-recognition technology in June following widespread protests a…
Kate Duffy
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Democratic lawmakers just introduced a bill that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by federal law enforcement
The proposed bill comes after civil rights advocates have campaigned against the technology for yea…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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New facial-recognition technology can accurately identify travelers wearing masks 96% of the time, according to a test run by the Department of Homeland Security
New facial-recognition algorithms can now identify airline passengers wearing face masks as much as…
Natasha Dailey
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Microsoft will not sell facial recognition to American police departments until there is a national law 'grounded in human rights,' President Brad Smith says
Brad Smith says Microsoft does not sell facial recognition to US police departments, and won't unle…
Ashley Stewart
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IBM wins praise for halting sales of its facial recognition tech, but experts say it may have left itself a loophole
IBM has promised to stop selling "general purpose" software, but this leaves it wiggle-room to keep…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Microsoft won't sell facial recognition tech to police: President Brad Smith
San Francisco, June 11 (IANS) After IBM and Amazon, Microsoft President Brad Smith who is known as …
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Microsoft pitched facial recognition technology to the DEA as recently as 2018, newly-released emails show
Emailed released by the American Civil Liberties Union show Microsoft as recently as 2018 pitched i…
Ashley Stewart
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Outrage over police brutality has finally convinced Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM to rule out selling facial recognition tech to law enforcement. Here's what's going on.
IBM announced on Monday it is halting the sale of "general purpose" facial recognition. Amazon on W…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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India is all set to deploy facial recognition but there is no law in place to keep a check
India’s facial recognition has already been tested successfully. And, the National Crime Records Bu…
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Apple has acquired more AI startups than Google, Facebook or any other Big Tech company. Is Apple bulking up in AI or just catching up?
Apple bought more AI startups either Google or Microsoft over most of the last decade, a report fou…
Max Jungreis
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This interactive map shows you whether police departments near you are using facial recognition, drones, body cameras, and other surveillance tech
Electronic Frontier Foundation and student researchers found more than 5,300 instances of police us…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The UK and Australia are investigating Clearview AI, the facial recognition firm that scraped billions of photos from social media
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Office of the Australian Information Commi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facial-recognition software fails to correctly identify people '96% of the time,' Detroit police chief says
Facial-recognition technology misidentifies criminal suspects 96% of the time, according to the Det…
Ben Gilbert
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A Black man in Detroit was arrested and detained for 30 hours after being falsely identified by facial recognition
Activists have objected to the use of facial recognition by law enforcement for years, as the techn…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Microsoft hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate an Israeli facial recognition company that it invested in
AnyVision's facial recognition technology is used by the Israeli military at border crossing checkp…
Ashley Stewart
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Microsoft: It would be cruel to stop government agencies using facial recognition software
He also pointed to reports last year that police in New Delhi, India, was using facial recognition …
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter
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Microsoft funded an Israeli facial recognition startup whose tech is reportedly being used to secretly surveil Palestinians
"Microsoft takes these mass surveillance allegations seriously because they would violate our facia…
Aaron Holmes
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The Pope has joined forces with Microsoft and IBM to create a doctrine for ethical AI and facial recognition. Here's how the Vatican wants to shape AI.
Along those lines, it called for new regulations around "advanced technologies that have a higher r…