Amazon Rekognition is a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) computer vision platform that was launched in 2016. It has been sold to and used by several United States government agencies as well ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of remote work. Many ...

While New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago have all received significant attention when it comes to police use of surveillance technologies, the small city of New Orleans has for years been the ...

Despite facial recognition technology’s potential, it faces mounting ethical questions and issues of bias. To address those concerns, Microsoft recently released its Responsible AI Standard and made a ...

But while Gothamist’s reporting this month put Wegmans in the spotlight, the Rochester-based chain is by no means the only retailer in New York City using some form of facial recognition and biometric ...

The debate over facial recognition has been caught up in and shaped by the larger public debate over policing and race. This created powerful emotional concerns over the potential use of the new ...

If efforts by states and cities to pass privacy regulations curbing the use of facial recognition are anything to go by, you might fear the worst for the companies building the technology. But a ...

Facial recognition on personal use devices like smartphones and laptops has become increasingly common. The concept seems downright futuristic on the surface — most of us used a PIN, password, or ...