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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Weeks ago, when a brief Twitter spat between between Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and the Detroit Police Department over the latter’s use of facial recognition software ended with an invitation for Tlaib to come and visit the Real Time Crime Center headquarters, I mentioned in an article that if the Congresswoman took them up on
Few technologies are more controversial and divisive as facial recognition. Customers have come to rely on it to log into their phones and tablets, police and government agencies are increasingly using it to identify suspects and privacy advocates decry it as an unconstitutional invasion of people’s rights. Amazon has established itself as a leader in
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Facebook will offer a cash prize to the person or group that can build a next-generation way to detect deepfakes — and it’s even creating its own original deepfakes for participants to work with. The Deepfake Detection Challenge is a partnership between Facebook, Microsoft, the Partnership on AI, and academics. Facebook has put up $10
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Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute From unlocking smartphones to spotting criminals in crowds, there’s no shortage of reminders that facial recognition technology has gotten pretty darn good. Among humans, that is. But now researchers from the U.K.’s University of Oxford and Japan’s Kyoto University want to expand the tech’s capabilities — by making a facial
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(Reuters) — ZAO — a new Chinese app that lets users swap their faces with celebrities, sports stars or anyone else in a video clip — racked up millions of downloads on the weekend but swiftly drew fire over privacy issues. The app’s surge in popularity and sudden backlash from some users highlights how artificial
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There are several ways to unlock and secure your mobile phone. When it comes to the iPhone, the fingerprint scanner is one of the most popular options available. However, this method has its limitations, which is why Apple has been considering facial recognition for more than a year now. This feature would not only be
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