In a new Code of Conduct update, Microsoft lays out more explicit prohibitions against law enforcement agencies using AI for facial recognition.
Microsoft has banned police departments from using its Azure OpenAI Service for facial recognition purposes. The company added language to its code of conduct Thursday (May 2) saying that this artificial intelligence (AI) service may not “be used for facial recognition purposes by or for police departments in the United States,” a Microsoft spokesperson told PYMNTS Thursday in an email. […]
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 […]
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology
Transit officials are looking at facial recognition technology and fare gates as they scramble to find a way to secure the Metro system after a grandmother was fatally stabbed on the subway this week. The suspect arrested in the killing of 66-year-old Mirna Soza had once been banned from the system by a court order. Distressed by her death and a rash of attacks, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board on Thursday asked its staff to look into a litany of measures to...
Microsoft says US Police Departments cannot use Azure's AI-powered facial recognition technology.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers’ privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14 lawmakers called on Senate leaders to use the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration […]
A bipartisan group of 14 senators is calling on their leaders to restrict TSA's use of facial recognition technology over privacy concerns.
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...
Microsoft has reaffirmed its ban on U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI tech. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service more obviously prohibits integrations with Azure OpenAI Service from being used “by or for” […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers’ privacy and civil liberties.In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14 lawmakers called on Senate leaders to use the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration as a vehicle to limit TSA’s use of the technology so Congress can put in place some oversight.“This technology poses significant...