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With advancements in deep neural networks and computer vision algorithms, surveillance has come a long way. Today, law enforcement and enterprises extract insights from the video feeds of surveillance cameras and facial recognition systems deployed in urban areas. However, current tracking platforms come with certain limitations. Not only are they monolithic and lack the ability…
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The onset of pandemic led to increased use of computer vision for identifying patients, tracking their movements and for other contactless precautionary measures. For detecting faces, the algorithms take cues from the landmarks around eyes, nose and mouth. Now since the bottom half of the facial features are hidden by the masks, facial recognition technology…
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Due to the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, facial recognition technology turned out to be beneficial for authorities to fight against the spread of the virus. To maintain social distancing, businesses and government agencies are taking the help of facial recognition tools, replacing contact-based systems, for security purposes as well as to track infected patients. Many…
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Clearview AI, a facial recognition startup, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Right from when its strategies were extensively covered, there has been a lot of attention regarding their controversial usage of public photos (reportedly 3 billion from its database), and implications of these AI tools in eroding privacy as…
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Clearview AI, a facial recognition startup, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Right from when its strategies were extensively covered, there has been a lot of attention regarding their controversial usage of public photos (reportedly 3 billion from its database), and implications of these AI tools in eroding privacy as…
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Microsoft’s M12 venture fund recently released a statement saying that they are divesting its shareholding in AnyVision, an Israeli startup that works on facial recognition technology. Microsoft made this decision after an audit by Eric Holder of Covington and Burling LLP. The former attorney general and his team have confirmed that AnyVision technology was used…
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee has recently signed landmark facial recognition legislation. This initiative is going to be the first US state law that ultimately limits the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement. On the contrary, the civil rights activists said the measure did not go far enough to protect marginalised groups. Facial recognition…
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One of the major research areas, facial recognition has been adopted by governments and organisations for a few years now. Leading phone makers like Apple, Samsung, among others, have been integrating this technology into their smartphones for providing maximum security to the users. As per research, facial recognition technology is expected to grow and reach…
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The role of machine learning and its forecast of societal impacts have been oscillating between future haven of benevolent possibilities and exaggerated dystopia. The ethics of AI usage, the rationale behind research and its explainability have been one of the most spoken topics around AI these days. In an act that could cement the notion…
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