On London's streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty

Tourists, shoppers and office workers in a busy London street on an ordinary weekday found themselves part of a digital ...
DATAQUEST

India's AI surge exposes software supply chain security gaps

India's software supply chain security challenge is deepening as AI expands the attack surface while many enterprises lack ...
Truthout

Newly Released Footage Highlights ICE’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The technology is used on both immigrants and “legal observers, peaceful protestors, and US citizens,” an analyst noted.
Android

YouTube Opens Face-Scanning AI Tool to Every Adult: Your New Shield Against Deepfakes

YouTube is expanding its AI-powered Likeness Detection program to all adult users over the age of 18, giving the general public access to tools previously reserved for Partner Program creators, ...
TechCrunch

YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists

YouTube is expanding its likeness detection technology, which identifies AI-generated deepfakes, to a pilot group of government officials, political candidates, and journalists, the company announced ...
TechCrunch

City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A

City Detect, a company that uses vision AI to help local governments monitor the health of buildings and neighborhoods, announced on Friday a $13 million Series A round led by Prudence Venture Capital ...
Forbes

Taxpayers Face Harder To Detect Scams This Season. Blame AI.

FBI data show a rise in government impersonation fraud. From deepfake video calls to IRS impersonation schemes, AI is reshaping how criminals target everyday taxpayers. We used to worry about ...
Bleeping Computer

What 5 Million Apps Revealed About Secrets in JavaScript

Leaked API keys are nothing new, but the scale of the problem in front-end code has been largely a mystery - until now. Intruder’s research team built a new secrets detection method and scanned 5 ...
Science Daily

This new blood test could detect cancer before it shows up on scans

A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier and simpler cancer detection. The technology merges DNA nanotechnology, ...
The New York Times

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release. By Kashmir Hill Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac Kashmir Hill reported ...
Wired

Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the face recognition app that federal immigration agents use to identify people in the field, undocumented ...
Los Angeles Times

You Don’t Skip Leg Day. So Why Ignore the Muscles in Your Face?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Working out your face the way you work out your body makes sense. Muscles respond to movement, circulation ...