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facial recognition

Facebook Is Shutting Down Its Facial Recognition System and Deleting the Data

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system in an effort to accommodate public safety concerns.
By Isabella Simonetti
Output of an artificial intelligence system from Google Vision, performing facial recognition.

This Controversial Company Is Selling Your Social Media Photos to Law Enforcement

Those fun party pics you posted last month could already be in Clearview AI’s database for law enforcement purposes.
By Harmon Leon
Athena Security Gun Detection

Unbiased Surveillance: AI Security Tech That Spots Guns, Not People

We applaud tech that can prevent yet another shooting tragedy and doesn’t employ racial basis in the equation.
By Harmon Leon
facial recognition

How LSD, Nuclear Weapons Led to the Development of Facial Recognition

By Harmon Leon

Vanished Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Returns to Tech Scene With a Surprise Venture

By Sissi Cao
The normalization of facial recognition technology and mass surveillance being used to target marginalized communities, whether in the hopes of "saving them" or not, is dangerous.

Sex Workers Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and Big Tech

By Erin Taylor
A woman uses an ATM with facial recognition technology during the presentation of the new service by CaixaBank in Barcelona on February 14, 2019.

How AI and Facial Recognition Are Impacting the Future of Banking

By Harmon Leon

US Blacklists China’s Most Valuable AI Startup, Puts MIT Research at Risk

By Sissi Cao

Microsoft’s President Has a Fix for Tech Giants Embroiled in Controversy

By Sissi Cao
Facial recognition technology is operated at Argus Solutions on August 11, 2005 in Sydney, Australia.

Dystopian Future Watch: Is San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban Too Little, Too Late?

By Harmon Leon

These Are the Forces Coming After Amazon, From eBay to Bernie Sanders

By John Bonazzo

TV Network May Violate Privacy by Using Facial Recognition on Royal Wedding Guests

By John Bonazzo
Dev Patel in Lion.

Indian Police Use New Facial Recognition Tool to Locate Thousands of Missing Children

By John Bonazzo
The new iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPhone 8S are displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.

How Apple Takes Experimental Tech From Other Companies and Makes It Mainstream

By Lisa Schmeiser
Mapping a face is the starting point.

Facial Recognition Is Increasingly Common, But How Does It Work?

By Jessica Gabel Cino
Sorry, you can't use Facezam to find out who that is.

The Man Behind the Facezam Hoax on How His Fake Facial Recognition App Went Viral

By John Bonazzo
Which candidate do you resemble?

Do You Look More Like Trump or Clinton? This Facial Recognition Site Shows You in Seconds

By Sage Lazzaro
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 16: A view of the Google Music Android with artwork during the launch of Google Music hosted by T-Mobile at Mr. Brainwash Studio on November 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Google Pairs Facial Recognition With Location Tracking to Make Payments Quicker

By Brady Dale
Soon, this camera will make more than a tape that sits in a basement.

Here’s Why You Should Take All Your Photos Off the Internet Now

By Brady Dale

Comedy Club Uses Facial Recognition to Charge Audience by the Laugh

By Jordyn Taylor
FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons)

Say Cheese: The FBI's Facial Recognition System Is Now Fully Operational

By Jordyn Taylor

Alleged Pedophile On the Lam Caught in Nepal With Facial Recognition Software

By Jordyn Taylor
You wouldn't want to lose this guy, now would you? (Wikimedia Commons)

Canadians Are Locating Lost Pets Using a Facial Recognition App

By Jordyn Taylor
No craft beer and Teva sandals for you, Mr. Drone (Photo: Getty)

Vermont Wants to Regulate Drones and Facial Recognition For Some Reason

By Molly Mulshine
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