Category: Facial Recognition

Google deploys artificial intelligence to enhance searches by people in crisis

Jorge Gonzalez
Artificial intelligence - Searching via Phone

Individuals conducting queries while experiencing personal crises may see more reliable results. Google has announced that it is using artificial intelligence to improve the results produced by its search engine for users who are experiencing a personal crisis. The goal is to offer more reliable, actionable and trustworthy results for people in immediate crisis. The artificial intelligence assisted results are meant to make sure that people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts, substance abuse, sexual assault, or domestic abuse – among other personal crises – will obtain the right reliable and…

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Ukraine employs facial recognition technology to identify bodies of Russian soldiers

Jorge Gonzalez
Facial recognition - Ukraine Flag

Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Federov said that Clearview AI software is being used. Ukraine has been using facial recognition technology to help identify Russian soldiers who were killed in combat, in order to make it possible to notify next of kin, according to the Ukrainian vice prime minister. The technology is being used to make sure that the families of the dead Russians can be notified. A recent Reuters report stated that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense started using Clearview AI facial recognition software for that purpose this month.…

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Clearview facial recognition company fined nearly $22 million in Italy

L. Green
Facial recognition - Euros - fine

The country’s privacy watchdog has stated that the firm made it possible to track Italian residents. Earlier this week, Italy’s privacy watchdog fined Clearview AI, a facial recognition software company, €20 million (nearly $22 million). The company has also been ordered to delete all data relating to people in Italy. Beyond the fine, the American facial recognition software firm has been ordered to delete all data having to do with people in Italy, and it is banned from collecting and processing any other Italian information. According to Clearview AI, it…

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NJ AG reviewing state facial recognition technology policy

Stephanie Beck
Facial recognition technology - Policies

The policing tool has undergone extensive criticism in the state, calling it racist and inaccurate. The use of facial recognition technology is undergoing a substantial review in New Jersey, as the Attorney General considers the arguments of supporters and critics of its use in law enforcement. There are two vocal sides to the argument regarding the use of this tech in policework. Facial recognition technology supporters say that it is helpful in law enforcement because it can help to spot people who have been reported missing, or criminals who have…

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Clearview AI awarded US patent for facial recognition platform

Jorge Gonzalez
Facial recognition - Patent Approved

The controversial company’s capabilities for gathering and matching images earned its first patent. Clearview AI, leading company and facial recognition platform has now been awarded a US patent for that platform’s capacity to gather and match images. The company has become the leader in its field, providing reliable photo identification technology. The Clearview AI photo identification platform in receipt of the patent managed to perform almost flawlessly in the recent Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The patent was for the “Methods…

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