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New facial biometric bias study from Buolamwini fans flames of controversy
Significant improvements have been made recently in the poor accuracy of facial recognition algorithms for recognizing women with darker skin, but several leading technologies misclassify their gender in 20 percent or more of cases, according to research published by MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini ... Read the whole story here.

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Amazon finds zero false positives in Rekognition testing and takes issue with bias report
Accusations that Amazon provides inaccurate facial biometric technology and lacks appropriate concern over the ethical and social concerns about facial...
 
Zwipe rings opening bell at Oslo Stock Exchange marking first day of trading
Biometric technology company Zwipe opened the first day of trading of its shares on Oslo Stock Exchange’s Merkur Market today...
UK tax agency voice biometric database surpasses 7 million but 160,000 opt out
More than 2 million voiceprints have been added to the database of the UK’s tax agency since June, but more...
 
Biometric data collection regulation proposed in Arizona House
Another U.S. state is considering major new regulatory rules that would make it illegal for businesses to use biometric data...
State media reports North Korea deploying facial recognition at international airport
According to North Korean propaganda site Maeari, Pyongyang International Airport will be under real-time surveillance with the installment of a...
 
Three times more enterprises know biometrics can help secure the cloud then use them
Enterprise adoption of cloud and SaaS is being held back by security concerns, but while biometric authentication is considered an...
Kennebunk Savings deploys Nuance voice biometrics to streamline customer authentication
Kennebunk Savings is the latest banking institution to deploy Nuance Communications’ voice biometrics technology to streamline customer authentication and reduce...
 
Leaked code indicates Android Q to natively support 3D facial biometric hardware
Android appears to be working on native support for advanced biometric facial recognition hardware in Android Q, according to XDA-Developers....
Megvii moves into logistics with AI-powered IoT platform
Megvii has launched an IoT platform powered by artificial intelligence to enable the operation of multiple robotic systems at the...
 
Yoti blogs about security standards compliance
Yoti received a flawless report as it achieved SOC (Service Organization Control) 2 compliance on its first attempt, the company...
 
 
 
 
 
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