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Facial Blindness - the “Brad Pitt Disease”
Prosopagnosia, also called face blindness, made the news when Brad Pitt announced he had it.
Facebook Abandons Face Recognition - What It Really Means
Facebook, now Meta, has announced they are shutting down their face recognition program. What does that mean?
Ethical Facial Recognition vs. Mass Surveillance
What is the difference between the use of ethical facial recognition technology and mass surveillance?
Demographic Bias in Biometric Facial Recognition
Although demographic bias has sometimes been an issue with large-scale law enforcement biometric systems (10,000,000+), these results do not translate to a smaller-scale pure opt-in, voluntary systems.
The Wonders of Human Facial Recognition (Part 2)
Human facial recognition is a very complex process and we don’t appreciate it enough.
Ethical AI: Demographic Bias in Biometrics
How accurate are biometric systems? Is demographic bias an important issue?
Facial Recognition vs Fingerprints
Fingerprints have been the gold standard for biometric identification, but is that changing?
Deep Fakes & Facial Recognition Technology
When you first see "deep fake" video it can be very concerning. How much should we worry?
Face Recognition and COVID-19
With COVID-19 we are all wearing masks. How does that affect face recognition technology? Does it still work?
Facial Recognition Accuracy - It's Complicated
How accurate are facial recognition systems? Well, they are either terrible or really good, depending on who you ask.