Facial Recognition
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Continuing the pushback against facial recognition technology, California has passed a law banning the tech in connection with data gathered by police body cameras.
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Though facial recognition isn't exactly flavor of the month at the moment, it could prove popular among revelers queuing at a busy bar. Data science company DataSparQ has introduced the A.I. Bar service, which helps bar staff decide who needs serving next by putting customers in a virtual queue.
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ScienceAlthough biometric face-recognition security tech is now becoming quite common on devices such as smartphones, it does still require a lot of processing power. In the not-too-distant future, however, the same purpose could be served by an integrated piece of analog glass.
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San Francisco has become the first city in the US to entirely ban local government and law enforcement uses of facial recognition technology. Although the ordinance is currently limited in its reach, it does strictly regulate the future deployment of all kinds of surveillance technology.
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If you own multiple dogs and/or cats, then you may be familiar with the problem of one animal "stealing" food from another's bowl. Italian artificial intelligence firm Volta has set out to keep that from happening, with its pet-recognizing Mookkie.
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The Biotmetric Mirror is a unique, interactive installation incorporating AI technologies and facial recognition systems to demonstrate how flawed and influenced by human bias these devices are. I tried it, and it concluded I am weird and aggressive.
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To make its newest device stand out from a crowd, Oppo’s 2018 flagship phone, the Find X, packs slide-out 3D cameras that hide inside the body when not in use, and backs it up with decent specs and an edge-to-edge screen.
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Days after the first shots were fired in a looming UK legal battle questioning law enforcement uses of facial recognition technology, Amazon has been bombarded with a massive petition and several letters demanding it stop providing a similar technology to governments and law enforcement.
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2018 is fast becoming the year that facial recognition technology finally hits the mainstream with a constant torrent of stories revealing the growing use of these systems by law enforcement agencies. But some people are now asking if they violate civil liberties.
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Don't like the idea of a stranger finding out who you are, based on a photo? Thanks to the facial recognition systems used by social media sites, it's becoming increasingly possible. Scientists decided to do something about it, by turning a couple of AI systems against one another.
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In 2017, China revealed an ambitious masterplan to lead the world in both AI research and deployment by 2030. It has been revealed recently that several new technological innovations are now being tested in Chinese schools redefining how children can be educated in the 21st century.
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Artificial intelligence can tell women from men based on their smiles, new research suggests. This is because women's smiles are broader than men's. The finding has allowed researchers to create an AI algorithm that can identify gender 86 percent of the time.
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