Wars prompt questions for facial recognition providers, and obscure the answers
The fog of war is obscuring details about a pair of contracts involving facial recognition developers; one Russian, one Israeli….
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In a military context, bias in AI reflects the decisions of its makers
According to Ingvild Bode, associate professor at the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, the artificial…
$50M venture fund raised for facial recognition, digital tools in Israel
Executives at an unmanned systems company in Israel say they have created a $50 million corporate venture capital fund to…
Megvii, Yitu among companies slapped with fresh U.S. sanctions
Washington has added more names to a list of Chinese firms that could be supporting Beijing’s military-industrial complex, including facial…
Biometric feedback used to prevent motion sickness in Korean military vehicle
A release says Hyundai Mobis has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps to…
Data-shielding and recordkeeping needed for US military biometric devices — report
An inspector general report evaluating U.S. Defense Department control of biometric data found room for improvement. Defense officials agreed to…
Can facial recognition be justified for espionage in war?
With major global military conflicts asserting themselves into the story of the twenty-first century, a parallel debate is being waged…
Israel is using Amazon Rekognition to locate missing and dead
Amazon’s facial recognition system Rekognition is being used in Israel to locate missing and dead after a deadly attack by…
Tech5 to help Leidos upgrade US Defense Department’s biometrics search system
Tech5 has announced a strategic contract with Leidos to provide support for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Biometric-Enabled Capability Increment…
Australia DoD issues biometric device tender
Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) is seeking a mobile biometric capture device to capture finger, facial and other biometric data….
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