Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI ...
Science

A unifying principle of chromatic coding across biological and artificial systems

Color is a defining feature of human vision, yet its integration with spatial structure across stages of the visual system is ...
Biometric Update

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta is accused of using photos from Facebook and Instagram to extract biometric information for an facial recognition system ...
Security Boulevard

The Braid: Rethinking Trust, Continuity and Human-AI Systems

What one AI-generated image taught me about trust, continuity, and why I am building QuietWire.  There is a problem with AI ...
ConsumerAffairs

Some Grocery Outlet stores are using facial recognition. Here's what shoppers should know

Several Grocery Outlet stores in the San Francisco Bay Area have begun using facial recognition technology at their entrances, raising new questions about privacy and how retailers are using ...
Polygon

The Pokémon Company says it will use facial recognition to sell cards

There's no end in sight to the pandemonium surrounding the Pokémon trading card game, where a single boxed product can be resold for hundreds if not thousands of dollars. The hobby has proven so ...
Kotaku

Pokémon Company Strikes Blow Against Scalpers With Facial Recognition Checks To ‘Prevent Crime’ At Card Stores In Japan

In a bid to counter Pokémon TCG scalping and 'prevent crime,' Pokémon card stores in Japan are introducing a new facial recognition system Pokémon Pokémon TCG The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Company ...
techtimes

Facebook Verified Launches: Meta Revives Facial Recognition It Once Deleted for Privacy

Meta launched Facebook Verified — a free badge that confirms a real person is behind a Facebook profile — using the same facial recognition technology the company shut down in November 2021 and wiped ...
Inc.

These Clothes Were Designed to Trick AI Surveillance Cameras

These “adversarial” pieces of clothing and accessories employ special patterns and materials made to confuse AI facial recognition software. Sometimes they include unique patterns that can cause AI to ...
The Spokesman-Review

About face: Shopping and technology meet privacy concerns with facial recognition technology virtually unregulated in Washington

The toughest restrictions on facial recognition are almost all found at the county or city level; Bellingham voters approved a ban on government use of facial recognition in 2021, while Portland ...
The Verge

Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good

I tested four locks that unlock with a look, and while hands-free with UWB is better, if you want a sci-fi experience for your front door, facial recognition is worth considering. I tested four locks ...
Mission Local

There’s more than bargains at Grocery Outlet: There’s also AI facial recognition.

Grocery Outlet on Bayshore Boulevard in Bayview on July 8, 2026. Photo by Kelly Waldron. On a recent Tuesday, customers walked through the doors of the Mission District’s Grocery Outlet, barely ...