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NIST releases draft AI standards plan
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Omidyar Network hopes to ensure African digital ID is ‘Good ID’
The philanthropic investment outfit Omidyar Network has taken a keen interest in the development of ID systems in Africa. It...
 
HYPR partnership brings no-shared secret authentication to ForgeRock
HYPR Corp has announced a partnership with ForgeRock it says could enable enterprises to secure a billion identities by eliminating...
Governments digital identity credentials to reach 5 billion by 2024 backed by mobile biometrics
The number of people using government-issued digital identity credentials is expected to grow by 150 percent from 1.7 billion this...
 
Intel and Baidu collaboration on neural network platforms could boost biometric performance
Intel and Baidu have formed a partnership to collaborate on hardware and software platforms for artificial intelligence, which could improve...
Inquiry says canceled Australian biometric contract premature but supports police facial recognition
The business case for Australia’s canceled Biometric Identification Services (BIS) project was only partially developed or poorly articulated, and never...
 
Researchers develop new polarization-based imaging tech with 3D facial recognition potential
Researchers have developed a new camera technology based on sensing polarization which could have major implications for biometric facial recognition...
Daon, CTMS partner on biometric KYC and onboarding solutions for French-speaking countries
Daon and CTMS have signed a partnership agreement that enables CTMS to deliver KYC and onboarding solutions backed by Daon’s...
 
U.S. advocacy group launches campaign for national ban on government facial recognition use
Fight for the Future has launched a national campaign to call for a ban on the use of biometric facial...
India issues RFP for national biometric facial recognition system
India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is inviting bids from solutions providers for a new centralized Automated Facial Recognition System...
 
LG smartphone with biometric palm recognition now available in Australia
LG has introduced palm vein authentication technology to its G8S smartphone, which is now available in Australia, according to EFTM,...
AU10TIX receives $60M investment to pay off debt and fund growth initiatives
Private equity firm TPG Capital has made a $60 million investment in ABC Technologies, the holding company for identity verification...
 
Amazon hit by Illinois biometric data privacy suit for Alexa recordings
A new class action law suit has been filed against Amazon under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act for recording the...
  Stakeholders split on London police use of public facial recognition as study shows 4 in 5 false positives
  MobileIron report shows 84 percent of organizations plan new authentication methods
  Afghanistan approves $15M purchase of 17,865 biometric devices for upcoming elections
  Aadhaar amendment for voluntary biometric verification by private sector passes lower house
  Aximetria develops local storage voice biometric authorization for crypto wallet
  Ipsidy rolls out rapid implementation option for biometric identity solutions
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