As of June 2019, CBP had processed more than 20 million travelers using facial recognition, civil rights group ACLU says.
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Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.
Facebook expands use of face recognition
Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.
Blocking facial recognition surveillance using AI
If AI is increasingly able to recognise and classify faces, then the only way to counter this creeping surveillance is to use another AI to defeat it. Thanks to the University of Toronto, this may soon be possible.
Microsoft age-guessing tool goes on a metadata-slurping, viral spree
It will presumably get more accurate with time. But for now, you can see how well it does with your selfies. Or your cat’s selfies. Or a snapshot of that face on your toast that sort of looks like a panda. 