China’s air conditioning business queen Dong Mingzhu was recently outed as a jaywalker – thanks to an ad on the side of a bus.
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That Black Mirror episode with the social ratings? It’s happening IRL
Not picking up after your dog will cost you 10 points, for example, in China’s Black Mirror-esque plan to socially score citizens.
Is the US about to get a nationwide, privately owned, biometrics system?
Two US biometric companies have partnered to research a private, nationwide biometrics system.
Suspect forced to unlock iPhone with his face
The order so far hasn’t raised Fifth Amendment objections either, your face being something you are, rather than something you know.
Want to beat facial recognition? Join the Insane Clown Posse
The black and white clown makeup worn by the rap duo and their fans fools facial recognition.
School facial recognition system sparks privacy concerns
A New York school district is hoping to use technology to make its children safer. But not everyone is happy about it.
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.
Facebook can’t wiggle out of facial recognition lawsuit, judge says
There are too many factual disagreements for a quick judgment, the judge said, including over what a faceprint actually is.
Facial recognition cameras on lamp posts to be tested in Singapore
The Singapore government wants to put one on top of all 110,000 lamp posts throughout the country, to help identity all who pass by.
Jaywalkers to be named, shamed and fined thanks to facial recognition
Thanks, no thanks, facial recognition and artificial intelligence mashup.