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Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers
On March 1, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted a short video on Telegram, in which a cheery bearded soldier stood…
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This App Can Diagnose Rare Diseases From a Child’s Face
In 2012, Moti Shniberg sold his face recognition startup to Facebook and started looking for a new challenge. “We wanted…
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The Hidden Role of Facial Recognition Tech in Many Arrests
Quinn says the spread of facial recognition technology has led investigators to believe there will be suitable digital evidence in…
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How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men’s Lives
After his arrest, Parks didn’t tell many people, in part because of his prior record. “When you’re trying to do…
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Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Such problems led the IRS and many others to switch to alternatives, such as sending a code to a phone…
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The IRS Drops Facial Recognition Verification After Uproar
The Internal Revenue Service is dropping a controversial facial recognition system that requires people to upload video selfies when creating…
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It’s Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
That document recommends encouraging people to use long, memorable passwords rather than forcing them to frequently change them or specifying…
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Face Recognition Is Being Banned—but It’s Still Everywhere
Since 2018, Delta has worked with CBP to offer international passengers flying from Atlanta the option of checking in and…
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Even as China Cracks Down on Tech, AI Companies Plan IPOs
The motives behind the government action are complicated. Officially, it is designed to curb anti-competitive practices, secure private data, and…
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Facebook Drops Facial Recognition to Tag People in Photos
Raji said it’s always good when companies take public steps to signal that technology is dangerous but cautioned that people…
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