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Beijing to use facial recognition technology in metro security checks – state media
Beijing will use facial recognition tools to speed up security checks in the city’s overcrowded metro, using a ‘credit system’ to sort passengers into different channels, state-run media reported on Wednesday. Long queues and commuters arguing with staff over slow security procedures are common sites during rush hour in the metro system of the 20 …
Concert promoters turn away from facial recognition technology
BOSTON — Concert promoters in the U.S. are stepping back from plans to scan festivalgoers with facial recognition technology, after musicians and others gave it some serious side-eye. Although it remains entirely possible that music venues will eventually take a second look at the controversial technology. Live-entertainment giants AEG Presents and Live Nation both recently …
South Wales football derby: facial ID technology use criticised by fans
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The last four derbies – dating back to 2010 – have passed without major incident A fans’ group asked supporters to wear Halloween masks to the south Wales football derby in protest at the use of facial recognition technology. South Wales Police said it was part of a “robust …
New technology and materials streamline facial plastic surgery
New technologies like 3D printing, model reconstruction and new materials are now used in facial plastic surgery for precise reconstruction and renovation. Digital technology and artificial intelligence are the future of plastic surgery, medical experts said on a seminar of Chinese Plastic and Beauty Association’s cranial-maxillofacial surgery branch in the city on Saturday. New technology …
Facial recognition technology helps Arizona law enforcement arrest criminals
A security camera photo and a little bit of time with some advanced software—that’s how the Arizona Department of Public Safety was able to help Phoenix police track down a man suspected of robbing a Circle K last month with a knife. All investigators had was a photo off of surveillance footage of when the …
India is trying to build the world’s biggest facial recognition system
The child labor activist, who works for Indian NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, had launched a pilot program 15 months prior to match a police database containing photos of all of India’s missing children with another one comprising shots of all the minors living in the country’s child care institutions. Locating thousands of missing children is …
Getting scanned for a pint: How facial recognition technology is being used in a London pub
In a pub in London, England, complicated technology is taking on a simple problem: waiting for a pint in lines that can sometimes be unruly. It uses facial recognition software to form a digital queue and prevent people from cutting in line. A large TV screen is mounted above the bar with a live video feed showing …
MSPs to look into police use of facial recognition technology in Scotland
MSPs are looking into police use of facial recognition technology in a new inquiry launched by the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Sub-Committee on Policing. Advances in technology mean that images that could be used for facial recognition can now come from body-worn cameras and mobile phones in addition to CCTV. The technology can either be ‘live’ …
London council used facial recognition technology on streets without consulting residents
A London council has used facial recognition technology on its streets without consulting local residents, The Telegraph can reveal. Waltham Forest Council has admitted it carried out a three day pilot earlier this year to test facial recognition technology using four cameras in public spaces including a train station and the main shopping street in …
What does Aviva’s facial expression technology experiment say about the future of AI interviews?
One of Britain’s biggest companies has been experimenting with facial expression technology in job interviews in the hope it will eliminate bias against older workers. Aviva, the FTSE 100 insurance giant, tried out artificial intelligence software that analyses videos of job interviews to determine a candidate’s manner by examining mouth and eye movements and tone of …
