facial recognition

Several underground train stations in the United Kingdom have adopted Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) facial recognition technology in the Seattle-based company’s latest flex of its AI muscles. What Happened: Wired reported the program’s existence, citing partially redacted documents from...

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), has voiced his concerns about the diminishing privacy in physical spaces and emphasized the importance of online privacy. What Happened: On Sunday, Buterin took to X, formerly Twitter, to express his views on the increasing invasion of privacy...

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), must take part in a deposition in a Texas court case regarding the firm’s use of facial recognition technology. What Happened: On Tuesday, Texas’s Sixth Court of Appeals Judge Jeff Rambin has rejected...

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) reportedly apologized after an app in its in-car system asked a user to confirm their identity via facial recognition using an external camera outside the car. What Happened: The user took to Weibo saying they had to point their face to the...

Computing solutions provider, Canaan Inc (NASDAQ: CAN), has partnered with Cathay Tri-Tech, Inc to introduce Canaan’s AI facial recognition module, which utilized its Kendryte K210 AI chip to the Japanese market. Canaan’s international customer base now...

A federal judge has approved a $650 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit against Facebook that claimed the company used its facial recognition feature without user consent. What Happened: In 2015, Chicago attorney Jay Edelson filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc (...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Thursday said it will no longer sell its facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States until a law regulating its use is enacted at the federal level, the Washington Post reported. What Happened "We will not sell facial-...

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said on Monday the company is no longer offering general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, CNBC reported. What Happened "IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology...

Algo.ai, a Troy, Michigan-based startup with a collaborative intelligence platform used by suppliers to major retailers, is joining NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA)’s Inception accelerator program. The Nvidia accelerator provides Algo.ai with resources as it continues to develop deep...

Focus groups and consumer surveys can be an effective way for producers to gauge whether or not a new show is going to be a hit. Customers express interest and engagement in shows they like and have negative reviews for those they don't. However, in the age of "guilty pleasure" TV shows, some...