Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories.
Jul 10, 2020
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Facial recognition technology is expanding rapidly across Australia. Are our laws keeping pace?
Facial recognition technology is increasingly being trialed and deployed around Australia. Queensland and Western Australia are reportedly already using real-time facial recognition through CCTV cameras. 7-Eleven Australia ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Amid reckoning on police racism, algorithm bias in focus
A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may reinforce racial bias.
Jul 05, 2020
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Google workers demand the company stop selling its tech to police
More than 1,600 Google workers are demanding the company "take real steps to help dismantle racism" and end its police contracts. In a letter that began circulating internally last week, workers wrote that they were "disappointed ...
Jun 23, 2020
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Facial recognition: IT and police in delicate dance
Tech giants love to portray themselves as forces for good and as the United States was gripped by anti-racism protests a number of them publicly disavowed selling controversial facial recognition technology to police forces.
Jun 18, 2020
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Pokemon Go wants to 3-D scans the whole world for 'planet-scale augmented reality experiences'
In 2016, the mobile game Pokémon Go sent hundreds of millions of players wandering the streets in search of virtual monsters. In the process it helped popularize augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays computer-generated ...
Jun 17, 2020
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Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won't sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM.
Jun 11, 2020
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Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year
Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker ...
Jun 11, 2020
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IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms
IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it's concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.
Jun 09, 2020
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Remember Real Player? Now it wants to help you ID actors
If you remember being online in the late 1990s, then you recall when playing a video in those pre-YouTube days, you had to choose between Real Player or the competing Windows Media Player.
Jun 04, 2020
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