Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI says it will stop selling tech to private companies after furious backlash and class-action lawsuit Court documents suggest Clearview will stop selling software to private entities It will continue its contract with governments and law enforcement The move has done little to appease public advocates like the ACLU By … Read more
Prototype ‘adversarial’ t-shirt makes its wearer invisible to facial recognition software: Researchers create design to confuse AI used to identifies individuals in public Researchers at devised a way to get around facial recognition without a mask They created a graphic design t-shirt that disrupts facial recognition software The design tricks the software into thinking the … Read more
The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is in negotiations with several unnamed federal agencies and three US states to provide contact tracing services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That confirmed the negotiations were ongoing but declined to specify which agencies or states are considering the company’s services. Ton-That said the … Read more
Clearview AI exposes database containing source code to its controversial facial recognition as well as company keys and credentials Clearview’s source code was exposed via a misconfigured database The database allowed anyone to bypass a password by creating a new user login It also exposed company passwords and a token to Clearview’s Slack channel Clearview … Read more
A doctor who lost a friend and fellow healthcare professional to coronavirus has called for the UK to recognise the contribution of migrant workers after the pandemic. This comes after several Filipino NHS workers have died after contracting coronavirus, including Sister Leilani Dayrit. Salah Hammouche is a former colleague of Ms Dayrit and suggested that … Read more
Washington becomes the first state in the US to LEGALIZE facial recognition for law enforcement and other state agencies A new Washington law makes legalizes facial recognition for law enforcement Agencies interested in using the tech must submit proposals to the state The law says the tech should only be used to identify missing persons, … Read more
AI speech recognition systems from five major tech companies are biased toward people of color, as they make twice as many errors transcribing speech from black people than they do from whites, study reveals Study found systems from Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and IBM are biased Fed technologies some 2,000 speech samples from blacks and … Read more
Singapore plans to launch country-wide facial recognition system that will replace photo IDs by 2022 Photo kiosks will be installed in government agencies across Singapore Starting in June, people will present their face instead of a photo ID when checking in for government services at any of these agencies The government hopes that by 2022, facial … Read more
A billionaire supermarket tycoon used the creepy facial recognition app Clearview AI to investigate his daughter’s date as she dined in a Manhattan restaurant. Gristedes Food CEO John Catsimatidis, 71, spotted his daughter, Andrea, on a date with an unfamiliar man while dining at Cipriani Downtown, an Italian restaurant in the SoHo neighbourhood of Lower … Read more
A billionaire supermarket tycoon used the creepy facial recognition app Clearview AI to investigate his daughter’s date as she dined in a Manhattan restaurant. Gristedes Food CEO John Catsimatidis, 71, spotted his daughter, Andrea, on a date with an unfamiliar man while dining at Cipriani Downtown, an Italian restaurant in the SoHo neighbourhood of Lower … Read more