Facial Recognition Archives

Can Meta’s Upcoming AR Glasses Dominate the Tech World by 2027?

04/09/202504/08/2025 Jennifer Goula

The Road to 2027: Meta’s Vision for AR Glasses and the Future of Technology Augmented reality (AR) has evolved from a futuristic concept into a fast-developing technology with the potential to reshape how we interact with the world. Tech giant Meta is pushing the boundaries of this space with its AR glasses, expected to launch in 2027. But what makes these glasses so significant, and what challenges does Meta face on its path toward revolutionizing AR? The Future of Augmented Reality: What Meta’s 2027 Glasses Mean for Us Meta’s upcoming…

Nvidia CEO was warned in 2020 that AI technology posed a threat to minorities

12/22/202312/21/2023 John Montgallo

Members of the Black employees group worked with Nvidia colleagues to warn the CEO of the issue. In 2020, Masheika Allgood and Alexander Tsado, former presidents of the Nvidia Black employees group, tried to warn the company’s CEO Jensen Huang that AI technology posed a risk, particularly to visible minorities. The pair had spent a year working with their company colleagues on the presentation for the CEO. That said, the pair left the meeting feeling frustrated and that their message had not been heard regarding the danger of AI technology…

General Services Administration adding facial recognition to Login.gov

10/31/202310/30/2023 Jennifer Goula

The GSA is altering its digital identity service to let users authenticate themselves based on ID. The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced that it is adding facial recognition to its digital identity services, letting users authenticate themselves based on using the technology to match their faces against a government ID already submitted to their accounts. The new service will provide a single sign-on services for Americans using Login.gov. In this way, Login.gov will accept facial recognition as an authentication against the image on an already-submitted government ID. Americans will…

Amazon facial recognition helps identify missing and dead following Hamas attack

10/25/202310/24/2023 John Montgallo

Facial Recognition - Identifying individuals

The Israeli military’s “Cyber War Room” used the technology for identification purposes. The Israeli military has used Amazon’s facial recognition system to identify at least 60 missing people using videos and images scraped from various social media platforms such as TikTok and Facebook. The project is being used to help identify missing and dead people after the Hamas attack on Israel. Hamas launched deadly terrorist attacks on Israel earlier this month, resulting in about 1,300 deaths and hundreds of missing people. A group of cyber experts started a volunteer project…

New York bans schools from using facial recognition technology

10/10/202310/05/2023 Jennifer Goula

Facial recognition - Banned for use in schools

The state announced that it would not allow educational institutions to use this type of tech. New York state has announced that it has banned schools from being able to use facial recognition technology. The decision was made following indications that suggested that it would place student privacy at risk. The state officially banned schools following the result of an analysis conducted by the state’s Office of Information Technology Services. It concluded that student privacy risks were more important than the possible benefits it could offer security efforts. The move…