Face recognition algorithms are becoming increasingly capable of extracting identity information from poor images.
Image quality and recognition utility are related, but they are not the same thing.
NIST tests whether poor quality predicts recognition failure NIST’s ongoing Face Analysis Technology Evaluation (FATE) Quality Summarization Track tests whether quality assessment algorithms, or QAAs, can predict false non-matches.
DHS finds matchers succeeding on low-quality images The Open Source Face Image Quality tool, or OFIQ, is one of the industry’s major attempts to standardize face quality assessment.
It is determining whether that image contains enough usable identity information for the recognition system that will actually process it.
Sep 24, 2026 · via biometricupdate.com
It’s a plankton sampler that we call IFCB for short.
Every twenty minutes it draws up about a teaspoon of water and takes images of the phytoplankton and some microzooplankton.
I worked with a whole team of collaborators at WHOI, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), and the crew of the Oleander to get an IFCB installed there.
There is so much to learn about the plankton dynamics as the ship crosses the Gulf Stream twice a week.
We see what is living on the continental shelf, what's at the edge of the north side of the Gulf Stream, across, and then on the other side.
Sep 24, 2026 · via whoi.edu
Black migrants are disproportionately exposed to the surveillance systems using facial recognition in the first place.
Facial recognition is now used well beyond identity verification at airports and ports of entry.
Racial bias is a design element of facial recognition The racial bias inherent to facial recognition technology’s function starts before it is ever used at a border.
From historic Black Codes to facial recognition Black codes The racialized, uneven consequences of these technologies often go unscrutinized.
While the racialized error rates associated with facial recognition technology are indeed concerning, facial recognition technology still causes real harm when it operates as intended, as it functions within existing systems of power.
Sep 24, 2026 · via techpolicy.press
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Sep 24, 2026 · via thetimes.com
From hat-trick heroics to injury woes: How Arsenal summer sales have fared at their new clubs Hat-trick heroics to injury woes: How Arsenal summer sales have fared
Sep 24, 2026 · via standard.co.uk
From lab to startup: This professor wins prestigious engineering prize Raymond Fu has been awarded the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award for his research on “computer vision and augmented human-machine interaction.”
Since joining the university in 2012, he has spun out more than four technology startups out of Northeastern University’s Synergetic Media Learning Lab, which focuses on big data, artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies.
Yonina Eldar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Joseph E. Aoun chair, was awarded the honor in 2016 while a faculty member at the Israel Institute of Technology.
Making specific mention of Fu’s work on computer vision technologies, Yeh, highlighted his work on advancing computer vision architecture technologies that have “established new benchmarks for AI-based image restoration and enhancements.”
According to Yeh, Fu’s work has been cited over 15,000 times, and he remains among the most influential contributors in computer vision research.
Sep 24, 2026 · via news.northeastern.edu
AI did most of the heavy lifting, condensing a mammoth 108,076 images into 6,362 unique, identifiable images that could be run through its decade-old facial recognition system.
This allowed 126 people to be identified on paper as potential terrorists who would still need to be tracked down by the international police organization.
This approach left 6,362 unique, high-quality images, which were then run through the Interpol Facial Recognition System (IFRS).
This is particularly handy, given that propaganda images often number in the thousands and investigators needed to sift through them manually to identify potential targets, many of which were duplicated by others involved in the same study.
Interpol does not say what agents it used, which models or vendors sit behind them, or where they ran.
Sep 23, 2026 · via techradar.com
It said Manhattan Beer.
Manhattan Beer Distributors, founded in the Bronx in 1978, is one of the biggest beverage distributors in the country, moving more than 45 million cases a year.
Turns out it's a system called AI Merch, a startup Anna Vladymyrska founded in 2023, and it lists Manhattan Beer as its customer.
To be fair, the Manhattan Beer relationship is AI Merch's claim.
This is the future of AI, and it's quietly taking over the consumer space, one shelf at a time.
Sep 23, 2026 · via theglobeandmail.com
OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging (hereinafter referred to as Glass) in a deal valued at over 300 million US dollars.
Glass's two co-founders, Image source: Glass Imaging The other co-founder Tom Bishop (CTO) studied inverse imaging during his doctorate and postdoctoral periods, covering deblurring, super-resolution and depth estimation.
Neural ISP: Redesign Small Cameras With AI Glass's product is a neural ISP (Neural Image Signal Processor) named Glass AI, which is essentially an end-to-end neural network trained for specific cameras.
The training process of Glass AI The ability to correct part of the optical defects allows corresponding compromises in camera hardware design.
OpenAI Acquiring Glass: From Taking Good Photos to Understanding the Physical World Glass will most likely be used for visual perception in OpenAI's own hardware.
Sep 23, 2026 · via eu.36kr.com
A Tennessee woman says an AI facial-recognition lead set off an ordeal that ended with her armed arrest, extradition, and roughly six months in jail for crimes she says she did not commit.
In the complaint, Lipps says Heck requested an arrest warrant even though he "did not conduct further investigation or find sufficient probable cause."
Lipps's case is part of a growing fight over how AI is used — and misused — in the real world.
These stories cover wrongful jailings tied to facial recognition as well as broader lawsuits over alleged AI-driven abuses.
• A grandmother says she was arrested at gunpoint after facial recognition misidentified her.
Sep 23, 2026 · via uk.news.yahoo.com
The company providing the technology — Clearview AI — has faced intense legal scrutiny since around the same time airport public safety began working with it.
The contract will expire on Dec. 31, 2026, and will automatically renew for one year unless BNA or Clearview AI cancels it.
The case study is undated and does not indicate when Clearview AI was used in the investigation.
Weatherington says only authorized airport public safety personnel may use the facial recognition system.
They must comply with the Clearview AI user agreement and acknowledge its terms each time they sign in.
Sep 23, 2026 · via nashvillescene.com
California's long-delayed high-speed rail project was once billed as a cleaner, more connected future for transportation.
Here's what to know Uber trips to gyms were among the expenses California's High-Speed Rail Authority reimbursed to consultants, along with rides to nightlife and entertainment spots, such as a nightclub, tiki bar, cigar lounge, and escape room, according to Jalopnik.
Those charges were part of nearly $600,000 in travel spending the state's high-speed rail inspector general questioned over a two-year period.
The inspector general's office also issued recommendations aimed at improving how the agency enforces its travel and expense policies.
The inspector general's office will conduct another evaluation of the authority's finances, suggesting this review is unlikely to be the final word.
Sep 23, 2026 · via thecooldown.com
From each segmented particle, the software extracts geometric features including area, particle size, and aspect ratio.
Intelligent geometric characterization of rockfill materials using ImageJ-Cellpose: a novel approach for accurate morphological analysis.
AI-Powered Image Analysis Delivers Precise Rockfill Characterization for Dam Safety.
“AI-Powered Image Analysis Delivers Precise Rockfill Characterization for Dam Safety.”
“AI-Powered Image Analysis Delivers Precise Rockfill Characterization for Dam Safety.”
Sep 23, 2026 · via bioengineer.org
Passengers using DigiYatra at Nagpur Airport can now enter the terminal with one less step.
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport has upgraded its DigiYatra-enabled gates to a single-step facial recognition system.
Passengers who do not want to use facial recognition can continue with the regular airport entry process.
Passengers can complete registration and boarding pass linking before reaching the airport and then use facial recognition at the designated gate.
The single-step DigiYatra system makes airport entry quicker and easier for registered passengers at Nagpur Airport.
Sep 23, 2026 · via indianeagle.com
The results of Australia’s first live facial recognition trial have been released.
Yet the key question is not whether live facial recognition technology can identify people of interest.
This question will become increasingly important as live facial recognition technology becomes more widespread.
Before and during the trial, several commentators raised ethical concerns about the use of live facial recognition technology.
The growing use of AI in policing Live facial recognition technology is not the first AI-assisted technology to be deployed in Australian law enforcement.
Sep 23, 2026 · via theconversation.com
Jonah Coleman's breakout performance has earned the Denver Broncos rookie some league-wide recognition.
Coleman was named one of four nominees for Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week on Tuesday after helping Denver rally for a 20-13 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
He also picked up 33 yards on Denver's final possession as the Broncos ran out the clock to secure the victory.
After scoring his first NFL touchdown, Coleman celebrated with the "Mile High Salute" made famous by Broncos Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis.
108 overall pick in the fourth round of April's NFL draft after he spent his final two college seasons at Washington.
Sep 22, 2026 · via roundtable.io
Using this procedure, researchers succeeded for the first time in detecting basal cell carcinoma even before any visible changes to the skin developed.
Basal cell carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer across the globe.
"Detecting basal cell carcinoma early allows for less invasive treatment options," claims Dr. Moritz Ronicke.
The role of artificial intelligence The AI delivers in real time a color-coded probability value for the presence of basal cell carcinoma.
Future applications LC-OCT is already being used as standard to detect basal cell carcinoma in the early stages and monitor the success of non-invasive therapies.
Sep 22, 2026 · via news-medical.net
Starting this week, Google has begun asking users to take a video selfie to sign into their accounts, Search Engine Watch found.
To set it up, you record a short video of your face while moving your head to capture different angles.
A disclaimer on the setup page says that the video selfie will also determine if you’re “old enough to use certain Google services.”
Users can also opt-in to “improve Google services,” which will allow the company to use your video selfies to “improve our facial recognition, age estimation, and other verification methods that use your physical features or movement, across Google services.”
Moreover, in an age of increasingly convincing and accessible AI deepfake technology, it’s uncertain how robust facial recognition scans will be against attempts to spoof them.
Sep 19, 2026 · via futurism.com
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Sep 19, 2026 · via gulfnews.com
Donna Knox, Gold Star family member, prepares to speak at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony hosted by the DPAA at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2026.
DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Stephen Holland)
Sep 19, 2026 · via dvidshub.net