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Amid ethical concerns, facial recognition has gained some traction in the US Identifying shoplifters and fraudsters may make sense for retail, but what about for marketing? And what about face masks? 20 April 2021 - 14:38 Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Picture: 123RF/DENIS ISMAGILOV
San Francisco Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli start-up AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the US even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage.
The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors, to improve security and service.
Why a U.S. hospital and oil company turned to Israeli facial recognition startup
Growing number of businesses and organizations embrace AnyVision s software as critics say the technology compromises privacy, targets marginalized groups and normalizes intrusive surveillance
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Published: 04.20.21 , 18:12
Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage.
The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors to improve security and service.
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April 20 (Reuters) - Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage.
The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors to improve security and service.
Organizations in other industries are chasing similar goals. The Los Angeles hospital Cedars-Sinai and oil giant BP Plc are among several previously unreported users of AnyVision.
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(Reuters) - Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage.
FILE PHOTO: An illustration picture shows a projection of text on the face of a woman in Berlin, June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors to improve security and service.
Organizations in other industries are chasing similar goals. The Los Angeles hospital Cedars-Sinai and oil giant BP Plc are among several previously unreported users of AnyVision.