Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial-recognition algorithms' focus on specific areas of ...

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 World Economic Forum’s "Global Risks Report 2024" notes that foreign and domestic actors leveraging misinformation—often generated by AI—is among the most adverse threats the world will face in ...

Our biometric data is freely available to anybody with an AI model and a camera. Facial recognition software is such a pervasive technology that we submit our data whenever we go through airport ...

AI has long been guilty of systematic errors that discriminate against certain demographic groups. Facial recognition was once one of the worst offenders. For white ...

Imagine being handcuffed in front of your neighbors and family for stealing watches. After spending hours behind bars, you learn that the facial recognition software state police used on footage from ...

Xiomara Quinonez ’24 graduated from Santa Clara University with a major in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Technical Innovation, Design, & Entrepreneurship. Quinonez was a 2023-24 ...

The study found higher rates of false-positive matches for people of color. Advocacy groups and lawmakers are renewing calls for a ban on government use of facial recognition technology in the wake of ...