Facial recognition systems are flawed and biased. Police departments are using them anyway.

Artificial intelligence, while present in virtually every aspect of our daily lives, is far from perfect. That matters especially when its application impacts civil rights. Take, for example, facial ...

MILWAUKEE’S NUMBER ONE MORNING NEWS. TONIGHT, THERE’S AN ONGOING DEBATE OVER TECHNOLOGY. A POWERFUL TOOL CAN GIVE POLICE INVESTIGATORS THE POWER TO BRING JUSTICE QUICKER. BUT IN SOME CASES, IT CAN ...

We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...

The Department of Homeland Security is expanding biometric screening at U.S. borders. Starting Friday, U.S. Customs and ...

Editor’s note: This story includes a description of an attempted suicide. If you or someone you know is considering suicide or other acts of self-harm, please contact Colorado Crisis Services by ...

In a move that human rights advocates warn carries potential risks for civil rights, Russia has begun expanding its facial-recognition payment system for subways to six cities outside of Moscow. Kazan ...

MELBOURNE, Nov 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As guests arrive at eastern Australia's Warilla Hotel, a small camera equipped with facial recognition software scans their faces as part of a scheme to ...

Last week, in a humanities class at a highly selective university in the Northeast, a student played The New York Times’ Spelling Bee game on a phone, according to another student who sat within view.

Facebook and Instagram have a problem. Well, they have many, many problems, but one of the ones they feel like addressing is “celeb-bait ads and impersonation.” According to a new post from parent ...

Jeff Kim, CEO at Yanolja Cloud, is a transformative business leader at the forefront of technology, travel and digital innovation. In June, staff at the Louvre Museum in Paris walked off the job. It ...

Ever since companies started implementing contactless verification systems, facial recognition technology has held great potential. Now, with a global market share of over $4.9 billion, the technology ...