'It's a Wild West': AI watchdogs say facial recognition policing errors on the rise

Angela Lipps was at her Tennesse home babysitting in July when armed federal agents showed up and arrested her in connection ...

Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released the latest version of its open AI model, Gemma 4, on Thursday. Crucially, Gemma 4 is a fully open-source ...

RI's courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people. Should it?

Courthouses have been using facial recognition technology and databases of "monitored" people to track visitors.
TechSpot

Grandmother spent six months in jail after AI facial recognition misidentified her

WTF?! Facial recognition systems aren't always accurate, and the consequences of these mistakes can be severe. One of the worst instances of AI getting things wrong is the case of Angela Lipps, a ...
KBTX

Grandmother says she was wrongfully put in jail for a crime due to a facial recognition error

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVLY/Gray News) - A woman from Tennessee says she spent months in jail after North Dakota police mistakenly used facial recognition software to identify her as a suspect in a bank ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Woman says she was wrongfully jailed due to facial recognition software error

FARGO, N.D. (WKRC) — A Tennessee grandmother said she was wrongfully arrested and jailed in a bank fraud case after an error with facial recognition software ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Sheriff's Office backpedals on controversial facial recognition deal

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office has decided against a contract for facial recognition technology. Sheriff Denita Ball cited community concerns and the importance of public trust in the decision.
Fast Company

Why using facial recognition on your phone could leave you vulnerable

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...
Wired

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition. The agency is ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Meta Is Wrong to Try to Sneak Into Privacy Intrusion

Dave Lee is Bloomberg Opinion's US technology columnist. He was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and BBC News. Meta Platforms Inc. thinks we’re too distracted for a proper debate on ...
Inc

Meta Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses—but 1 Major Concern Is Holding It Back

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is developing plans to incorporate facial recognition technology into the smart glasses it produces with Ray Ban and Oakley. The new feature, dubbed Name Tag, would ...
CNET

Meta's Smart Glasses Could Get Facial Recognition Soon. That Worries Me

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...