A group of 50 institutional investors with $4.5 trillion in assets under management (as of December of 2020) is calling for more rigorous human rights and due diligence policies for […]

AnyVision is calling on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to draft guidelines for the responsible use of facial recognition technology. The company made its request in the […]

A group of activist investors is trying to hold Amazon to account for some of the problems with its Rekognition facial recognition system. To that end, the investors are planning […]

Privacy watchdogs have hit Clearview AI with a slew of privacy complaints in Europe. Privacy International filed complaints with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and France’s Commission Nationale de […]

Amazon is doubling down on its decision to stop selling its Rekognition facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies. The company halted Rekognition sales to the police last June, in […]

The controversial facial recognition platform PimEyes is once again facing scrutiny from privacy advocates. PimEyes first garnered headlines in June of 2020, when the company acknowledged that it had made […]

A team of Facebook AI researchers has released a new Casual Conversations dataset that was put together to reduce bias in face and voice recognition systems. The dataset contains video […]

“The new laws include restrictions on how police can use facial recognition technology, with a prohibition on its use in real-time surveillance, with exceptions for investigations involving serious crimes.” The […]

A team of Okayama University researchers have been exploring the use of facial recognition to gain a better understanding of Parkinson’s disease. In cases of Parkinson’s, the patient’s loss of […]

Yoti is working to improve the accuracy of its age estimation technology for children under the age of 13. As it stands, the platform is accurate to within 1.5 years […]