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Scanner for ebook cannot tell its 'arms' from its 'anus' | Books | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-optical-character-recognition

scanner ebook ITGS OCR reliability authenticity

shared by dr tech on 05 May 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 05 May 14
     
    "Scanner for ebook cannot tell its 'arms' from its 'anus' A technical problem with optical character recognition software creates some awkward moments in romantic novels"
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Facial recognition technology is Australia's latest 'national security weapon' - 0 views

mashable.com/...lia-facial-recognition-problem

ITGS facial recognition security

shared by dr tech on 11 Sep 15 - Cached
  • dr tech on 11 Sep 15
     
    "While Keenan emphasised the capability was not a centralised biometric database, and was simply an improved way to share information already collected by different Australian jurisdictions, Gregory questioned how these images of Australians will be employed by law enforcement. "It's subtle changes in the way that things are used that need to be debated the most," he said. "In this case, we're talking about using our passport photos for a purpose for which we never gave permission.""
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Smile, Your Face Is Now in a Database - Benjamin Powers - Medium - 0 views

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ITGS bias reliability facial recognition airport control

shared by dr tech on 13 Nov 18 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 13 Nov 18
     
    ""My concern is that a facial recognition rejection can [create] bias," said Rudolph. "So, if someone has a lot of faith in this technology and thinks that it's foolproof, and someone is rejected by this system, that customs officer or gate agent may be predisposed to saying this person is traveling with fraudulent credentials. That's a crime and a serious issue.""
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Facial recognition tech a threat to privacy: Microsoft, United States News & Top Storie... - 0 views

www.straitstimes.com/...-a-threat-to-privacy-microsoft

ITGS security privacy facial recognition

shared by blackthunder175 on 27 Aug 18 - No Cached
  • blackthunder175 on 27 Aug 18
     
    "Firm urges regulation, raises concerns about possible misuse of fast improving technology"
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Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay | Reuters - 0 views

uk.reuters.com/...e-new-way-to-pay-idUKKCN1BC4EL

ITGS kfc alibaba facial recognition control people and machines reliability

shared by dr tech on 25 Mar 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 25 Mar 19
     
    "Customers will be able to use a "Smile to Pay" facial recognition system at the tech-heavy, health-focused concept store, part of a drive by Yum China Holdings Inc to lure a younger generation of consumers. "
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Your next car could have a built-in road-rage detector - 0 views

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ITGS ai neural network autonomous emotion facial recognition reliability privacy

shared by dr tech on 30 Mar 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 30 Mar 19
     
    "Affectiva is running a program that pays drivers to help train its emotion-recognition system. The company sends drivers a kit including cameras and other sensors to place within their vehicles. These record a person's facial expressions, gestures, and tone of voice on the road. That data is then labeled by trained specialists for a range of emotions, and fed into deep neural networks."
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San Francisco could be the first US city to ban facial recognition tech - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...us-city-ban-facial-recognition

ITGS facial recognition ai machine learning surveillance ban

shared by dr tech on 25 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 25 Apr 19
     
    ""While surveillance technology may threaten the privacy of us all, surveillance efforts have historically been used to intimidate and oppress certain communities and groups more than others, including those that are defined by a common race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, income level, sexual orientation, or political perspective.""
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Are you being scanned? How facial recognition technology follows you, even as you shop ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...y-follows-you-even-as-you-shop

ITGS facial recognition ai advertising privacy and anonymity

shared by dr tech on 24 Feb 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 24 Feb 19
     
    "Westfield's Smartscreen network was developed by the French software firm Quividi back in 2015. Their discreet cameras capture blurry images of shoppers and apply statistical analysis to identify audience demographics. And once the billboards have your attention they hit record, sharing your reaction with advertisers. Quividi says their billboards can distinguish shoppers' gender with 90% precision, five categories of mood from "very happy to very unhappy" and customers' age within a five-year bracket."
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To Measure Your Stress Level, Scientists Can Analyze Your Eyes - 0 views

curiosity.com/...an-analyze-your-eyes-curiosity

ITGS facial recognition ai pattern control privacy

shared by dr tech on 19 Jan 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 19 Jan 19
     
    How long before this is used without our knowledge in facial recognition systems? "Through the use of the data from this lab study and a formula Kim and Yang applied called "fractal dimension," Kim and Yang discovered a negative relationship between the fractal dimension of pupil dilation and a person's workload, showing that pupil dilation could be used to indicate the mental workload of a person in a multitasking environment."
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Where everybody knows your face: Woody Harrelson photo used to spot thief | US news | T... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...elson-photo-used-to-spot-thief

ITGS facila recognition surveillance false positive reliability

shared by dr tech on 18 May 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 18 May 19
     
    "Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology highlighted the April 2017 episode in Garbage In, Garbage Out, a report on what it says are flawed practices in law enforcement's use of facial recognition. The report says security footage of the thief was too pixelated and produced no matches while high-quality images of Harrelson returned several possible matches and led to one arrest."
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Facial recognition tech is arsenic in the water of democracy, says Liberty | Technology... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...es-police-use-should-be-banned

surveillance privacy and anonymity facial recognition democracy liberty ITGS

shared by dr tech on 08 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 08 Jun 19
     
    "She said: "I don't think it should ever be used. It is one of, if not the, greatest threats to individual freedom, partly because of the intimacy of the information it takes and hands to the state without your consent, and without even your knowledge, and partly because you don't know what is done with that information.""
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Welsh police wrongly identify thousands as potential criminals | UK news | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ousands-as-potential-criminals

ITGS facial recognition ai false positive reliability authenticity

shared by dr tech on 06 May 18 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 06 May 18
     
    "However, according to data on the force's website, 92% (2,297) of those were found to be "false positives". South Wales police admitted that "no facial recognition system is 100% accurate", but said the technology had led to more than 450 arrests since its introduction. It also said no one had been arrested after an incorrect match."
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Inside Shanghai's robot bank: China opens world's first human-free branch | Cities | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...human-free-branch-construction

ITGS ai robot people and machines facial recognition

shared by dr tech on 14 May 18 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 14 May 18
     
    "Xiao Long, or "Little Dragon", is not your typical employee - she's a robot at China's first fully automated, human-free bank branch. As guardian of the bank, she talks to customers, takes bank cards and checks accounts (she comes complete with a PIN pad) and can answer basic questions. After a quick initial chat with Xiao Long, customers pass through electronic gates where their faces and ID cards are scanned. On future visits, facial recognition alone is enough to open the gates and call up customer information."
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Amazon says its facial recognition can now identify fear - 0 views

www.cnbc.com/...ion-can-now-identify-fear.html

ITGS facial recognition security control privacy and anonymity relibaility false positive

shared by dr tech on 14 Aug 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 14 Aug 19
     
    "The tech giant revealed updates to the controversial tool on Monday that include improving the accuracy and functionality of its face analysis features such as identifying gender, emotions and age range."
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