AARP denied any wrongdoing but agreed to the payout to end the litigation, which has been pending in federal court in ...

Five minutes of training can significantly improve people's ability to identify fake faces created by artificial intelligence ...

Amazon Ring's new facial recognition feature sparks privacy controversy as Electronic Frontier Foundation critics argue the ...

Free-speech norms and powerful tech companies make legal restrictions unlikely—but social changes are already taking place.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-Texas) last-minute bid for Senate is dividing Democrats as the party looks to oust incumbent Sen.

A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about ...

Ring users in most of the US can now save up to fifty faces in the app, allowing for more personalized notifications. But the convenience probably isn't worth the sacrifice in privacy.

Face recognition is a dragnet surveillance technology and its expansion within law enforcement over the last 20 years has been marred by systematic invasions of privacy, inaccuracies, unreliable ...

Facebook users all over the world started noticing a notification in their mobile app, declaring it was introducing face recognition for more features. The new developments are designed to give users ...

The growing pushback against the use of facial recognition in consumer surveillance devices has sharpened considerably with Amazon Ring’s plan to introduce a new feature called Familiar Faces. The ...

The Trump administration has wiped a facial recognition policy from its website while further embracing the controversial technology and securing a $9 million contract with a company barred from ...

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