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When it Comes to Facial Recognition, There is No Such Thing as a Magic Number

We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...
Wired

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer.
Wired

FBI Agents Are Using Face Recognition Without Proper Training

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has done tens of thousands of face recognition searches using software from outside providers in recent years. Yet only 5 percent of the 200 agents with ...
Hartford Courant

Hartford City Council measure would limit use of facial recognition technology by police. Here’s why there are concerns about its accuracy.

The Hartford City Council is considering a measure to protect city residents from the use of facial recognition technology by police to establish probable cause for a criminal charge. City councilman ...
The Conversation

Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind

The UK government’s proposed reforms to policing in England and Wales signal an increase in the use of facial recognition technology. The number of live facial recognition vans is set to rise from ten ...
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NEC Face Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Accuracy Testing

TOKYO, Feb 8, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that its face recognition technology has been ranked the world's most accurate in a benchmark test(1) conducted by ...