facial recognition

The FTC banned pharmacy chain Rite Aid from using AI-powered facial recognition software to prevent shoplifting after the software illegally tagged women and people of color. The ban will last for the next five years to settle claims…

China has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) claims that facial recognition technology will only be used to process facial…

Controversy is brewing based on the use of facial recognition technology in entertainment venues, and leading artists are boycotting. Digital rights advocacy Fight for the Future called for face-scanning technology to be banned at all…

Refractive lenses have been around forever—800 years, in fact. The basic architecture of lenses, however, may be changing. Metamaterials could revolutionize lensing systems. Conventional lenses rely on refraction at interfaces to focus…

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Human Technology Institute outlines a model law in a recent report for facial recognition technology to protect against harmful use and to help foster innovation. Facial recognition and other…

Using video recorded on an ordinary smartphone, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created an accurate, realistic, and uncreepy 3D reconstruction of someone's face. Using a smartphone to shoot a continuous video of the front and…