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Amazon Won't Let Police Use Its Facial Recognition Tech for One Year

Amazon Won’t Let Police Use Its Facial Recognition Tech for One Year

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Amazon announced on Wednesday it was implementing a “one-year moratorium” on police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition technology. Lawmakers and civil liberties groups have expressed growing alarm over the tool’s potential for misuse by law enforcement for years, particularly against communities of color. Now, weeks into worldwide protests against police brutality and racism sparked […]

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Private Companies Using Facial Recognition, Only 32% Feel Comfortable

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Only 32% of consumers feel comfortable about having their face scanned by private companies. This means a significant majority aren’t at ease with companies using facial recognition. Facial Recognition Statistics The stats come from  a study by the business app recommendation engine, GetApp. The survey asked 487 US consumers about their views on facial recognition

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Facebook To Pay $550 Million To Settle Facial Recognition Lawsuit

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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The case is the largest cash settlement ever resolving a privacy related lawsuit. Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images Topline: Facebook on Wednesday agreed to pay $550 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of collecting biometric data of users’ faces without permission—the largest ever cash settlement resolving

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Google Pay Now Supports Pixel 4 Facial Recognition for Sending Money – Droid Life

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For anyone with a Pixel 4 who uses Google Pay to send money to other users, you’ll be happy to learn that Google updated the Google Pay app this week to support the device’ s facial recognition capabilities. Unlike when using Google Pay inside a store to make a purchase, when using it to send

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A London pub is using facial recognition to stop people jumping the bar queue

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Big Brother will soon be getting a round in (Image: AP) A bar in central London has become the first in the world to install new AI-powered facial recognition tech to help staff see who’s next in the queue. Developed by British AI firm DataSparQ, the system identifies people waiting at the bar, displays their

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California Governor Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Tech Use By State’s Law Enforcement Agencies

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from the coastal-elite-cops-now-complaining-about-coastal-elites dept California has become the first state in the US to ban facial recognition tech use by local cops. Matt Cagle has more details on the ACLU-backed law. Building on San Francisco’s first-of-its-kind ban on government face recognition, California this week enacted a landmark law that blocks police from using body cameras

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Facial Recognition, a 2-Hour Marathon, and More News

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Cities struggle to regulate facial-recognition technology, Eliud Kipchoge prepares for an epic race, and Tern’s new folding bike makes getting around a snap. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s Headlines Cities examine proper—and improper—uses

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California bans law enforcement from using facial recognition software for the next 3 years

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California lawmakers today passed a bill placing a three-year state-wide moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies. AB 1215, The Body Camera Accountability Act, was introduced earlier this year by assemblymember Phil Tang, a Democrat. Both San Francisco and Oakland previously passed similar bills preventing the use of facial recognition

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US Government Blacklists 28 Chinese Facial Recognition and AI Companies

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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A new batch of Chinese companies are waking up to the harsh reality of US technology bans today. The US Commerce Department has updated its “Entity List” with 28 more Chinese firms, most of which are known for producing AI

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Google exploited homeless black people to develop the Pixel 4’s facial recognition AI

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The US city of Atlanta, Georgia alleged last week that contractors working on behalf of Google used confusing, aggressive tactics to exploit black people in order to obtain their likeness for facial recognition AI research. Now Google‘s responded, saying the contractors were conducting work related to the Pixel 4’s face unlock feature, and that it’s suspended

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