A fixture in Silicon Valley for decades, Tim Draper has built a reputation for bold, often contrarian bets that have yielded ...

Amid the recent, dizzying advances in generative AI, it’s been easy to miss the slow but steady progress in facial recognition over the last decade. In the past few months, it has broken containment.

The report, which relays information from four unnamed Meta employees, states that the facial-recognition feature -- deemed “Name Tag” -- will allow smart-glasses owners to identify people using ...

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 ...

It is not feasible, nor indeed ethical, to run a facial recognition system against all images on the internet.

Meta is considering adding facial recognition to its smart glasses. Internal documents from Meta suggest the company may time the launch to mitigate public scrutiny. The technology raises serious ...

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The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office plans to sign a contract for facial recognition technology, surprising some county officials. Sheriff Denita Ball signed an intent to contract with Biometrica, a ...

An internal memo reviewed by The New York Times says Meta is considering launching the feature ‘during a dynamic political environment.’ An internal memo reviewed by The New York Times says Meta is ...

Meta has backed away from highly controversial facial recognition tech in its products and services before, but seemingly not so far that it isn’t willing to have another crack at it. A new report ...

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year, according to a new report from The New York Times. The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart ...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are using a new facial recognition smartphone app called Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of both US citizens and immigrants. They point a phone ...