Social media firms could be ordered to use facial recognition technology to check children's ages. Millions of children could have their online profiles banned by the tech giants under plans to be set out by online regulator Ofcom next spring. Social media executives have been warned they could face huge fines and even prison sentences if they fail to follow guidance designed to ensure their users are not underage. John Higham, Ofcom's head of online safety policy, said platforms would be expected to remove children's accounts from their sites by using'highly accurate and effective' AI age checks. The regulator estimates that up to 60 per cent of eight to 11-year-olds have social media profiles, despite sites such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat having minimum age limits of 13.

Meta is fighting the scourge of celebrity investment scam ads with facial recognition technology to detect those who most often have their images used. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced on Monday it would begin trialling the use of facial recognition technology with a select pool of 50,000 celebrities or public figures worldwide on an opt-out basis in December. If Meta's existing systems suspect an ad may be a scam, it would compare the images in the ad against the public figure's Facebook and Instagram profile pictures, and if it's a match and the ad is a scam, it will be deleted. "This process is done in real time and is faster and much more accurate than manual human reviews, so it allows us to apply our enforcement policies more quickly and to protect people on our apps from scams and celebrities," David Agranovich, director of global threat disruption at Meta, told reporters on Monday. The celebrities must have a Facebook or Instagram profile in order to participate in the system.

Police will use live facial recognition technology in Cardiff during the Beyoncé concert on Wednesday, despite concerns about racial bias and human rights. The technology will be used in Cardiff city centre, but not at the stadium, to "support" the artist's concert at the Principality stadium by identifying wanted individuals and ensuring safeguarding, South Wales police said, as the artist kicks off the UK leg of her first solo headline tour in seven years. A spokesperson for the force said the technology would be used in the city centre, not at the concert itself. In the past, police use of live facial recognition (LFR) in England and Wales had been limited to special operations such as football matches or the coronation, when there was a crackdown on protesters. Daragh Murray, a senior lecturer of law at Queen Mary University in London, said the normalisation of invasive surveillance capability at events such as a concert was concerning, and was taking place without any real public debate.

"Your face is your ticket," goes the motto of A.I. startup Wicket. "Your face is your credential," says Alcatraz AI, another vendor. Both these companies sell facial recognition technology to sports stadiums across the country. Citi Field, home of the Mets, contracted with Wicket in 2022 to add facial recognition ticket kiosks to all stadium gates. BMO Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Football Club, began using Alcatraz AI technology the year before.

Only one in four Americans (26 percent) think government should strictly limit the use of facial recognition technology, according to a new survey from the Center for Data Innovation--and that support drops even further if it would come at the expense of public safety. Fewer than one in five Americans (18 percent) would agree with strictly limiting the technology if that is the tradeoff, while a solid majority (55 percent) would disagree. Similarly, only 20 percent of Americans say government should strictly limit use of facial recognition if it would mean airports can't use the technology to speed up security lines, while a 54 percent majority would disagree with such a limit. And just 24 percent want strict limits if it would prevent stores from using the technology to stop shoplifting, while 49 percent would oppose such a tradeoff. There were some differences in these opinions based on age, with older Americans more likely to oppose government limits on the technology.

Surveillance cameras, like the one here in Boston, are used throughout Massachusetts. The state now regulates how police use facial recognition technology. Surveillance cameras, like the one here in Boston, are used throughout Massachusetts. The state now regulates how police use facial recognition technology. Massachusetts lawmakers passed one of the first state-wide restrictions of facial recognition as part of a sweeping police reform law.

Uber will require its drivers to wear face masks as journeys start out of coronavirus lockdowns – and will use new technology to confirm that they are complying. "Our new technology will verify if the driver is wearing a mask by asking them to take a selfie. After we verify the driver is covering their face, we'll let the rider know via an in-app message" the company said in a blog post. Unlike it's other facial recognition software the "Real-Time ID Check", which the company says "protects riders from unverified drivers, and also prevents fraud by ensuring drivers' accounts are not compromised", this technology only identifies the mask rather than the driver's face or other biometric information. Drivers in the United States, Canada, India and most of Europe and Latin America, will be affected by the change, which will start 18 May.

Clearly alarmed by shifting public perceptions about facial recognition technology and the potential for state and local governments to impose an outright ban on the use of such technology, tech vendors and other businesses offering facial recognition technology solutions are now mobilizing their forces. They are reaching out to U.S. congressional leadership, urging the House and Senate to re-think any initiatives to impose a "blanket moratorium" on the use of facial recognition technology. And, at the same time, they are rushing to the legal defense of big Silicon Valley tech firms such as Facebook, which is facing a major class action lawsuit in the state of Illinois over the wrongful use of biometric facial data. In one highly public move, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote an open letter on facial recognition technology, which was addressed to the top political leaders in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The letter on facial recognition technology urges political leaders to consider all the positive uses of the technology.

What began as a way to increase public safety has turned into a civil rights concern. Some residents of San Diego, California are demanding the removal of some 4,000 'Smart Streetlights' which they claim are an invasion of privacy. The devices use sensor nodes to gather a range of information, such as weather and parking counts, but also uses facial recognition technology to count pedestrians. Some residents of San Diego, CA are demanding the removal of some 4,000 'Smart Streetlights' which they claim are an invasion of privacy. The San Diego City Council approved the installation of the Smart StreetLights in December 2016 - and now approximately 4,200 are in place.

Artificial intelligence (AI) – World Economic Forum foresees that the impact of AI can be radical and transformative, yet there are many variations in AI definitions. Regardless of these variations, AI is changing the traditional insurance operating models and shifting the competitive dynamics. Here are a few use cases of AI. Facial recognition in underwriting – The insurance industry was among the first to use facial recognition technology to improve the underwriting process. The app utilizes a combination of facial recognition technology to scan the selfie and use gamification techniques to detect life-threatening habits and predict the life span to calculate the premiums.