Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released the latest version of its open AI model, Gemma 4, on Thursday. Crucially, Gemma 4 is a fully open-source ...

RI's courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people. Should it?

Courthouses have been using facial recognition technology and databases of "monitored" people to track visitors.
Biometric Update

Meta’s facial recognition smart glasses plan sees increasing opposition

More than 60 civil society groups have written to the U.S. Congress to oppose Meta’s reported plans to integrate facial ...

Woman Wrongfully Jailed 5 Months After AI Facial Recognition Error

Police jailed an innocent woman for five months on a bogus AI facial recognition match. Here's how the technology works and ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Woman says she was wrongfully jailed due to facial recognition software error

FARGO, N.D. (WKRC) — A Tennessee grandmother said she was wrongfully arrested and jailed in a bank fraud case after an error with facial recognition software ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Sheriff's Office backpedals on controversial facial recognition deal

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office has decided against a contract for facial recognition technology. Sheriff Denita Ball cited community concerns and the importance of public trust in the decision.
Fast Company

Why using facial recognition on your phone could leave you vulnerable

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...
WESH

Central Florida man wrongly arrested after Orlando police used facial recognition

TONIGHT, BRAND NEW INFORMATION IN A WESH TWO INVESTIGATES EXCLUSIVE AND THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS ON HOW A CENTRAL FLORIDA MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST YEAR FOR CRIMES HE DID NOT COMMIT. WE’VE NOW LEARNED ...
Lifehacker

Meta Is Planning to Bring Back Facial Recognition

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 ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Meta Is Wrong to Try to Sneak Into Privacy Intrusion

Dave Lee is Bloomberg Opinion's US technology columnist. He was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and BBC News. Meta Platforms Inc. thinks we’re too distracted for a proper debate on ...
Inc

Meta Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses—but 1 Major Concern Is Holding It Back

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is developing plans to incorporate facial recognition technology into the smart glasses it produces with Ray Ban and Oakley. The new feature, dubbed Name Tag, would ...
CNET

Meta's Smart Glasses Could Get Facial Recognition Soon. That Worries Me

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...