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The FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is “false” to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial recognition technology to US police

Amazon has spent a few years courting cops with its proprietary facial recognition tech. Documents obtained by the ACLU in 2018 showed the supermassive company was seeking to get a cut of law enforcement's billions by giving them steep discounts on Rekognition, Amazon's branded surveillance tech. Unfortunately for Americans who may be subjected to this…

Two years ago, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its initial review of federal use of facial recognition tech. That report found that at least half of the 20 agencies examined were using Clearview's controversial facial recognition tech. A follow-up released two months later found even more bad news. In addition to widespread use of…

Amazon has spent a few years courting cops with its proprietary facial recognition tech. Documents obtained by the ACLU in 2018 showed...

Once again, as we predicted, FOSTA -- a law ostensibly passed to stop sex trafficking -- has been a total disaster. Passed based on...

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE, which operates a number of competitions aimed at encouraging advancement in key technology areas, says a Grand Prize Winner has been named in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition

AI helps zap mosquito larvae before they become a problem AI helps zap mosquito larvae before they become a problem IBM’s AI XRPIZE finalist Zzapp Malaria analyzes satellite images to identify malaria risk areas, and then treats them. It’s already working in Africa. April 7, 2021, 7:00 am Image of mosquito larvae in stagnant water by James Gathany of the CDC in PLoS Biology, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons An Israeli startup with a unique solution for combatting malaria is one of three finali...