Canadian border agency eyes smartphone facial recognition system amid privacy concerns
by CP24
CP24— Travellers would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project.
PYMNTS.com—Microsoft’s Facial-Recognition Ban Points to Growing Qualms Over Privacy. Microsoft’s decision to ban police departments from using its Azure OpenAI Service for facial recognition reflects the technology industry’s struggle to balance the promises and perils of artificial intelligence (AI). The move signals that Big Tech companies are increasingly enforcing guardrails around AI systems amid concerns about potential societal harms. Experts say it’s an example […]
Tech Times—Massive Data Breach in Australian Facial Recognition System Raises Alarm. AI-powered facial recognition systems are commonplace. Experts caution that they are becoming popular and could potentially put people's data in danger, as with the Outabox breach.
The Indian Express—Police activate AI-based facial recognition system in J-K’s Ramban. The Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday installed an artificial intelligence-based facial recognition system near a tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, officials said. The system involves high-focus CCTV cameras that are integrated with a database containing the photographs of militants, overground workers and criminals. The cameras can screen the faces of people inside vehicles, and sound an alert to police in case a face matches a photograph. The system, developed by...