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Delhi Police film protests, run its images through face recognition software to screen crowd | Indian Express |
Following a Delhi High Court order in a case related to missing children, the Delhi Police had acquired Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) software in March 2018 as a tool to identify lost and found boys and girls by matching photos. | |
Privacy rights groups call for ‘day of action’ to ban facial recognition at all schools | Biometric Update |
Fight for the Future (FFTF) and Students for Sensible Drug Policy are organizing what they call a ‘National Day of Action to Ban Facial Recognition from College Campuses’ on March 2. | |
OPS tested facial recognition software, but doesn’t use it | CBC |
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has tested facial recognition technology but hasn’t used it, according to the force’s deputy chief. | |
Leaked Document Confirms China Is Imprisoning Uighurs Based Solely on Religion, Culture | Deutsche Welle |
It was easy to overlook the narrow, nondescript staircase leading to a brightly-lit basement mosque in Istanbul’s busy Sultan Murat neighborhood. | |
Facial recognition could be temporarily banned for law enforcement use | CNET |
Senators introduce a bill that would prohibit police use of the technology until guidelines and limitations are set. | |
India’s use of facial recognition tech during protests causes stir | Reuters |
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, India – When artist Rachita Taneja heads out to protest in New Delhi, she covers her face with a pollution mask, a hoodie or a scarf to reduce the risk of being identified by police facial recognition software. | |
Report: Popular autonomous vehicle data set contains critical flaws | Venture Beat |
Google’s self-driving car out on the streets of Palo Alto, Calif. | |
My week testing ADT’s new DIY cameras was a total mess | CNET |
Cheap-looking, overpriced security cameras weigh down the new Blue by ADT lineup. | |
Epidemics like coronavirus are putting a spotlight on contactless biometrics | Biometric Update |
The world is in the grip of a coronavirus epidemic the impact of which extends well beyond people’s health, including more than 1,300 reported deaths. The fear of this recently identified disease has closed businesses and grounded thousands of flights. The impacts have led to estimates of reduced economic growth in many countries. | |
EU Fights For ‘Purpose’ in Grand Plan for Tech, AI Rules | Bloomberg |
China might have data and the U.S. might have money, but Europe has purpose. | |
Washington Senate passes bill to regulate governments’ use of facial-recognition technology | Seattle Times |
OLYMPIA — Washington state senators Wednesday approved a bill that would begin regulating the use of facial-recognition programs by local and state governments. | |
Border Agency Eye Scan Flaws Expose Government AI Risks: Report | Bloomberg Law |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ditched a plan to use iris scanning to track people coming in and out of the country after a federal contractor couldn’t explain flaws in the technology. The agency switched gears instead to facial recognition, a move that independent reviewers say highlights the risks and opportunities that come with the growing use of artificial intelligence in the federal government. | |
Indian police use facial recognition app to reunite families with lost children | Reuters |
CHENNAI, India,- Indian police have reunited thousands of missing and trafficked children with their families using a new facial recognition app that campaigners said was a “game changer” in tackling the problem. | |
‘Government planning to go beyond two-factor authentication to further secure India’s digital payments ecosystem’ | Times of India |
MANGALURU: With a view to further strengthen cybersecurity for India’s digital payments ecosystem, government is planning to go beyond the two factor authentication to the extent of facial recognition, eyeris and even checking location to ensure security of digital payments users, national cyber security coordinator Rajesh Pant said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi. | |
How Yandex.Taxi is using automation to detect drowsy and dangerous drivers | Venture Beat |
Yandex is trialing a driver attention control system to combat drowsiness at the wheel | |
EU proposes rules for artificial intelligence to limit risks | AP |
LONDON — The European Union unveiled proposals Wednesday to regulate artificial intelligence that call for strict rules and safeguards on risky applications of the rapidly developing technology. | |
Irish Department of Social Protection Confirms Use of Facial Recognition | Find Biometrics |
Ireland’s Department of Social Protection (DSP) confirmed reports that it uses biometric processing and facial recognition technologies as a part of its public services card (PSC) program. | |
The EU Cannot Build a Foreign Policy on Regulatory Power Alone | Chatham House |
There are two well-established ideas in trade. Individually, they are correct. Combined, they can lead to a conclusion that is unfortunately wrong. | |
UCF researchers develop device that mimics brain cells used for human vision | University of Central Florida |
The invention may help to make robots one day that can think like humans | |
EU Formulates a Sweeping Data Handling and AI Policy as Tech Companies Look on in Apprehension | Wccftech |
The EU today outlined its overarching strategy regarding data aggregation and handling as well as artificial intelligence (AI). The move is aimed at leveraging the heft of EU’s vast, developed market in order to establish gold standards in these spheres that may then be replicated throughout the globe. | |
MIT researchers say mobile voting app piloted in U.S. is rife with vulnerabilities | Computer World |
The flaws could let a hacker alter, stop or expose how a person has voted. | |
Smartphone voting stirs interest – and security fears | AFP |
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – West Virginia’s disabled residents and overseas military personnel will be able to vote by smartphone in the US presidential election this year, the latest development in a push to make balloting more accessible despite persistent security fears. | |
UCLA decides not to implement facial recognition technology after student backlash | Daily Bruin |
UCLA has backed down on including facial recognition software in its campus surveillance system after backlash from students. | |
This Artist Wants To Print Your Face On A Surgical Mask | Daily Dot |
‘Between fires and epidemics, masks are now part of our everyday lives.’ | |
Robots help enforce health safety in Shenzhen | China Daily |
“Police remind you to scan the QR codes and register your information for quick passage. Thank you for your co-operation,” said Huang Tiantian, a robot working at an expressway exit toll station in Bao’an district of Shenzhen, South Guangdong province. | |
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