Face Recognition 54 Stories

Facial recognition technology powers everything from Apple's Face ID to surveillance cameras.

An illustration. On the left, scattered cut outs of face parts like eyes and mouths contained in a box. Middle: a complete face, eyes closed. On the right: a network in the shape of a head.

Artificial Intelligence

Emotion AI researchers say overblown claims give their work a bad name

A lack of government regulation isn’t just bad for consumers. It’s bad for the field, too.

by Angela Chen and Karen Hao
2020-02-14T11:37:53-05:00

AI ethical choices

Artificial Intelligence

In 2020, let’s stop AI ethics-washing and actually do something

There’s more talk of AI ethics than ever before. But talk is just that—it’s not enough.

by Karen Hao
2019-12-27T05:00:55-05:00

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer helps a passenger navigate a facial recognition kiosk at the airport.

Artificial Intelligence

A US government study confirms most face recognition systems are racist

by Karen Hao
2019-12-20T10:46:20-05:00

A man walks in front of screens showing facial recognition systems in action

Artificial Intelligence

All new cell phone users in China must now have their face scanned

by Charlotte Jee
2019-12-02T06:54:34-05:00

A woman takes a selfie

Artificial Intelligence

France plans to use facial recognition to let citizens access government services

by Charlotte Jee
2019-10-03T11:00:49-04:00

Dark matter map of KiDS survey region

Space

Facial recognition algorithms can be deployed to hunt for dark matter

by Neel V. Patel
2019-09-19T12:17:18-04:00

Mutale Nkonde on stage

Artificial Intelligence

A facial recognition ban is coming to the US, says an AI policy advisor

Bans in cities could spread to states, then up to Washington.

by Charlotte Jee
2019-09-18T18:00:29-04:00

Woman in video with face blurred

Artificial Intelligence

Deepfakes could anonymize people in videos while keeping their personality

by Karen Hao
2019-09-17T06:00:37-04:00

Artificial Intelligence

An unexpected use for face recognition: tracking chimpanzees

by Karen Hao
2019-09-04T15:15:24-04:00

An image of the Chinese AI app ZAO

Artificial Intelligence

An AI app that turns you into a movie star has risked the privacy of millions

by Karen Hao
2019-09-04T09:06:15-04:00

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