HYBE has published its 2025 Sustainability Management Report, covering the K-pop giant behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, LE SSERAFIM, ENHYPEN, and its various sub-labels. The 121-page document sets out a number of disclosures, including anti-counterfeiting measures, the company’s use of generative AI, and its expansion into physical retail. Here are five things we learned⦠1. HYBE removed 92,208 counterfeit listings from Amazon over four months HYBE runs its response to intellectual property infringement through the IP Strategy Team within its Legal Affairs Department, and it has put figures to the work carried out in 2025. The report states: “When it comes to the infringement of our intellectual properties, we take a diverse approach to addressing such issues through the IP Strategy Team under the Legal Affairs Department. The progress and results are shared with management and relevant departments every month.” HYBE singles out a tie-up with Amazon. According to the report: “We have established a direct collaboration framework with Amazon to respond firmly to global artist IP infringement. Through a combination of AI-driven automated filtering and manual monitoring on the platform, enforcement against counterfeit goods has been intensified. As a result, over the four month period from September to December 2025, a total of 92,208 infringing listings were identified and removed on Amazon.” Across e-commerce more broadly, HYBE says it removed counterfeit product listings totaling 12,959 cases in Korea and 273,512 cases overseas during the year. “When it comes to the infringement of our intellectual properties, we take a diverse approach to addressing such issues through the IP Strategy Team under the Legal Affairs Department.” The company also reports that it confiscated and destroyed 19,356 counterfeit items through crackdowns on suppliers in Seoul’s Namdaemun market and vendors around a j-hope solo concert venue, working with Korean law enforcement. On
Jul 2, 2026 · via musicbusinessworldwide.com
Quick Hits - The CAI found that Metro Inc.’s facial recognition pilot meets the necessity standard of the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (the Privacy Act). - Although it called facial recognition more intrusive than traditional video surveillance and the biometric data “sensitive,” the CAI held that the biometric bank does not “otherwise” infringe privacy under Article 45 of the Act to establish a legal framework for information technology (LCCJTI). - Necessity turns on a structured test: the objectives must be important, legitimate, and real, and the collection must be proportionate, rationally connected, minimized, and more beneficial than harmful. Notably, the CAI reached that result after a demanding and often critical review of the technology’s privacy risks, concluding that the project’s benefits outweigh the intrusion, subject to a two-year reporting obligation and to its separate, still-contested February 18, 2025, decision on consent. This 2026 decision is the second chapter of the same investigation. In its February 18, 2025, decision, the CAI held that Metro’s facial recognition amounts to identity verification requiring express consent under Article 44 LCCJTI, and prohibited the bank on that basis. That ruling, which we examined in our earlier article on Québec’s restrictive approach to biometric data, remains under appeal before the Court of Québec. The 2026 decision expressly leaves it untouched. The necessity “green light” is therefore conditional: the consent prohibition still stands unless and until it is overturned. Metro proposed a pilot in up to ten grocery and pharmacy stores that would convert surveillance images of suspected repeat offenders into biometric templates, store them in a database, and flag matches in real time. The CAI was openly skeptical: it found the accuracy evidence thin, flagged real risks of false positives and demographic bias, and warned that relying on a
Jul 2, 2026 · via ogletree.com
Police will be using Live Facial Recognition vans in Clacton this weekend to help identify people suspected of serious offences.
The technology will be deployed on Saturday, July 4, and will be used to locate people suspected of offences including drug-related crime, violence, sexual offences, and theft.
Police have made more than 170 arrests using live facial recognition technology to date, including in cases involving violent and sexual offences.
Officers say the cameras can identify individuals even if their faces are partially covered by masks or other coverings.
Members of the public who are not on the police watchlist will have their images discarded in a fraction of a second.
Essex Police said people are welcome to speak to officers in the town to learn more about how the technology works.
Jul 2, 2026 · via essexcountystandard.co.uk
Why We Need a 'Truth Campaign' for the AI Era Gaurav Laroia, Charlotte Slaiman / Jul 2, 2026Gaurav Laroia and Charlotte Slaiman both previously served at the Federal Trade Commission. They recently published a memo, “Settlement Wins Against Big Tech Should Underwrite Digital Resilience Funds,” at the Federation of American Scientists. As former attorney-advisors to Federal Trade Commission leadership, we worked hard to turn the page on the era when Big Tech could write off fines for alleged lawbreaking as just the “cost of doing business.” We fought to impose real, substantive limits on corporate data collection and to change the extractive business models fueling digital platforms. But our time in the trenches also taught us a hard truth: while strong injunctive relief and market reforms are vital, enforcement alone isn’t enough. To truly protect the public, legal and regulatory action should be paired with a massive, proactive public education campaign. Today, as the honeymoon phase for generative AI ends and state attorneys general launch mounting lawsuits against chatbot developers, we have the momentary opportunity to do just that: fund a “Truth Campaign” for the AI era. The scale of these compounding digital harms resembles an environmental disaster rather than a series of unconnected consumer injuries. Pew polling shows that half of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI, and most doubt their ability to tell whether words or images came from a machine. Gen Z seems to be increasingly anxious about this technology’s impact on their lives. A recent Gallup poll shows their levels of optimism plummeting about how helpful the technology can be in education and especially as deployed in the workforce. During the social media era, tech companies used algorithmic feeds to hijack our attention and our outrage. Generative AI, with its ability to mimic human
Jul 2, 2026 · via techpolicy.press
Greenville getting Flock cameras to help track crime GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Big brother may be watching you even closer as Greenville will soon deploy Flock cameras around the city. Police say 10 cameras will be put at strategic locations to help solve crimes, locate missing people, and enhance public safety. The city already has a network of cameras that police use to help with their crime-solving efforts. Flock cameras are maintained by a private company that records license plates and vehicle locations, which are made available to law enforcement. WITN asked about 15 people in downtown Greenville if they were in favor of police adding the 10 new cameras. Nine of them, including Greenville resident Karen Mills, do not want them. “You know, you want to catch the bad guys, but at the same time, privacy is becoming a privilege instead of a right,” said Mills. However, six of the fifteen support the new Flock cameras. “I would think the pros definitely outweigh the cons since everything is computerized nowadays,” said Rhonda McIntosh, who was visiting family in Greenville Thursday. “We carry a phone that tracks us,” she explained. In April, Pitt County Schools okayed the installation of two Flock cameras on two of their campuses, Wellcome Middle School and Chicod School, after a request from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office. While the cameras have drawn criticism from some over privacy concerns, Greenville police say the technology has already helped solve crimes in the region. We asked Police Chief Richard Tyndall if he believes the cameras are at least tiptoeing the line of too much surveillance. “No, I don’t think so,” Tyndall said. “As an example, we have access to over 1,000 cameras in the city right now. We, as a department, have used this technology in the past.
Jul 2, 2026 · via witn.com
Medical Care Technologies Inc. (OTC Pink:MDCE) Advances Beyond Original AI Vision Patent - Technology Has Evolved Faster Than Expected Rapid Internal Innovation Renders U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/854,935 Obsolete, Highlighting Exceptional Velocity in AI Development MESA, Ariz., July 2, 2026 (Newswire.com) - Medical Care Technologies Inc. (OTC PINK:MDCE) today announced that it has elected not to proceed with its U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/854,935, originally filed in July 2025 for its AI Vision Technology. This decision reflects the Company's accelerated pace of innovation, as its current proprietary AI vision systems and software have advanced significantly beyond the original application. Since filing the provisional patent in July 2025, MDCE's engineering teams have achieved substantial breakthroughs in computer vision algorithms, real-time image processing, model efficiency, and practical deployment across multiple platforms. These advancements have made the 2025 provisional application outdated, as the Company's live and beta technologies now deliver superior performance and capabilities. "Our AI vision technology and software development has progressed at a speed that surpassed even our own expectations," said Marshall Perkins, CEO of Medical Care Technologies. "Instead of pursuing an application that no longer reflects our current state-of-the-art systems, we are fully focused on deploying and protecting our next-generation solutions that are already powering real-world products and delivering strong results. This demonstrates our agility and commitment to staying far ahead of the curve." Key current implementations of MDCE's evolved AI Vision technology include: - Vision API Services now available through the corporate website for enterprise clients - MDCE Melanoma Scan Beta platform, showing promising internal testing results - Advanced image recognition features integrated into Snapshot Recipes and RealGameUsed.com authentication workflows This strategic decision underscores MDCE's dynamic development culture and focus on rapid commercialization of cutting-edge solutions rather than legacy filings. The Company continues to evaluate new intellectual
Jul 2, 2026 · via newswire.com
Dublin, July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Maritime AI - Global Strategic Business Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for Maritime AI was estimated at US$5.9 Billion in 2025 and is projected to reach US$64.7 Billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 40.8% from 2025 to 2032. This comprehensive report provides an in-depth analysis of market trends, drivers, and forecasts, helping you make informed business decisions. What Forces Are Driving Adoption Across The Maritime Ecosystem? The growth in the maritime artificial intelligence market is driven by several factors including sustained fuel efficiency pressure that requires continuous speed and route optimization based on predicted weather resistance and ocean currents, increasing vessel traffic density in major shipping lanes demanding automated collision avoidance and navigational risk scoring, variability in port waiting times requiring predictive arrival scheduling and berth allocation coordination, tightening emission monitoring regulations that necessitate automated fuel consumption and exhaust pattern analysis, expansion of semi-autonomous and remotely supervised vessel operations requiring perception, obstacle detection, and decision support algorithms, aging fleet infrastructure that depends on predictive maintenance for engines, hull stress, and auxiliary machinery reliability, digitization of port terminals generating operational data that must be analyzed for crane scheduling and yard capacity planning, growth of maritime security surveillance for territorial monitoring and illegal activity detection using movement pattern recognition, and rising demand for accurate estimated time of arrival predictions by shippers and logistics partners to synchronize downstream transportation and inventory planning. Report Scope The report analyzes the Maritime AI market, presented in terms of market value (US$). The analysis covers the key segments and geographic regions outlined below: - Segments: Component (Hardware Component, Software Component, Services Component); Technology (Natural Language Processing Technology, Machine Learning Technology, Computer Vision Technology, Robotics & Autonomous Systems Technology); Application (Navigation & Route
Jul 2, 2026 · via globenewswire.com
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Argonne’s Adam Szymanski applies modeling and simulation tools to strengthen the nation and get its resources ready to move Szymanski helps develop modeling and simulation tools used in military logistics, transportation analysis and mission planning Adam Szymanski believes there is something powerful about building a model that captures the complexity of physical systems. “These models make it possible to explore scenarios that would be impractical to test in the real world,” he said. Szymanski leads the modeling and analytics group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. This group develops advanced modeling and simulation software, including critical tools for military logistics and transportation analysis and electronic warfare models for mission planning. The models developed by his group are used by the U.S. Department of War and Department of Homeland Security, as well as the DOE. “Being able to analyze ‘what if’ questions and help inform better decisions feels a bit like getting a glimpse into the future — and getting to influence it for the better.” — Adam Szymanski, modeling and analytics group lead at Argonne National Laboratory “These tools help policymakers evaluate potential scenarios and make informed decisions,” Szymanski explained. “The result is enhanced national readiness, optimized resource movement and improved responses to conflicts and humanitarian operations.” His role in accomplishing this mission, as he sees it, is to provide his team with two things: technical support and leadership. Turning complex systems into actionable models On the technical side, Szymanski is a core software developer responsible for the design, implementation and integration of large-scale features and capabilities that are central to how the team’s programs function. For example, over the past several years on the Analysis of Mobility Platform program, he led development efforts in enhancing sealift modeling capabilities to allow for modeling of Joint Logistics
Jul 2, 2026 · via anl.gov
Officials from the Riley County Police Department appeared at Tuesday’s city commission meeting to address common questions about their automated license plate readers, but were met with security concerns from commissioners and the public. These plate readers (ALPRs) are high-speed, computer-controlled camera systems mounted on squad cars, poles or overpasses, and include Flock cameras. RCPD credits the use of ALPRs for more than 150 “positive outcomes” in recent cases. RCPD deputy director Erin Freidline said the system takes still images of license plates on the rear of vehicles. “That door to data is stored for approximately 30 days in our systems,” she said. “You know, this has been a technology that’s been in use for decades. It kind of ebbs and flows on how people want to view it, but it is newer to our community, just in the last couple years.” There are 11 Flock cameras installed in and around the edges of Manhattan. “There is no facial recognition in a license plate reader that is taking a picture of a license plate tag, and there’s no demographic,” Freidline said. “If you were to try and get occupants of the vehicle, if that picture is taken, there isn’t the technology to do demographics across those ALPRs as well.” Sgt. Michael Dunn with the criminal intelligence unit said he is the administrator for most of the ALPR systems. “This analytical software allows us to connect data across cases, identify patterns and provide patrol and detectives with actionable intelligence much earlier in the investigative process,” Dunn said. “These tools are producing real outcomes, for example, faster case resolutions and improved ability to identify and intercept suspects before crimes escalate.” Dunn said Flock automatically creates an audit trail when searches are conducted, and RCPD’s policy requires an audit of all ALPR systems
Jul 1, 2026 · via themercury.com
Many facial recognition solutions depend on cloud services, introducing latency, privacy concerns, and internet requirements, but Perch Eye SDK takes a different approach by performing face comparison entirely on-device, allowing mobile applications to deliver fast, reliable results without sending biometric data to external servers. Built for iOS and Android, the SDK integrates advanced AI-powered facial recognition into mobile apps while maintaining offline functionality. This makes it well suited for identity verification, authentication, access control, attendance systems, and other privacy-sensitive use cases where connectivity cannot be guaranteed. By processing everything locally, developers can improve response times while reducing infrastructure costs and strengthening user privacy. Perch Eye SDK gives businesses a practical way to add secure, high-performance facial comparison to mobile applications without relying on cloud-based processing or constant network access. Image Credit: Perch Eye SDK Key Themes Behind This Trend - Offline Biometrics - On-device facial comparison creates room for faster identity experiences that preserve privacy and reduce dependence on network availability. - Edge AI Authentication - Mobile-based AI processing is reshaping authentication by lowering cloud infrastructure needs while enabling secure access in low-connectivity environments. - Privacy-first Recognition - Local biometric matching supports emerging digital trust models where sensitive personal data remains on the user’s device instead of external servers. Where This Applies - Mobile Security - Authentication platforms gain new potential from embedded facial recognition that improves response times while limiting exposure of biometric information. - Access Control - Physical and digital entry systems can evolve around offline face comparison for reliable verification in workplaces, venues, and restricted facilities. - Identity Verification - KYC, attendance, and user onboarding services benefit from mobile-first biometric checks that operate securely without constant cloud connectivity.
Jul 1, 2026 · via trendhunter.com
Apple’s Hide My Email feature is a convenient privacy tool that uses disposable addresses to hide a user’s true email for the sake of online anonymity. Unfortunately, new research appears to show that a bug in the feature allows users’ real email addresses to be unmasked. The bug was reported by 404 Media, which says that it has tested and verified that the vulnerability exists. Tyler Murphy, the researcher who found the bug, said that he warned Apple about the problem over a year ago and that it was unclear why the company had yet to remedy the problem. All of the attempts to exploit the bug have been successful, Murphy added. “We don’t know the full scope of the issue, but in our limited tests with volunteers, 100% of Hide My Email addresses were exploitable,” Murphy told the outlet. Details of the vulnerability haven’t been publicly disclosed, for fear that it will be exploited. Murphy is the co-founder of EasyOptOuts, which offers a paid data-removal service that takes your information off of data broker sites. He told 404 Media that “publicly accessible people-search sites make it easy to link an email address to other personal details, so people relying on Hide My Email for safety may be at risk.” TechCrunch reached out to Apple for more information and will update this story if it responds. When it comes to the tech world, privacy tools are hard to come by and, unfortunately, even when they do exist, they don’t always work. Apple has been accused of this sort of thing before. Case in point: The company was sued in 2022 after it was reported that iPhone apps continued to send analytics data to Apple even when the iPhone Analytics privacy setting was turned on. Similarly, in 2023, researchers found another
Jul 1, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
This editorial was written by Sheena Magenya and Smita V. of the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Rights Programme (APC WRP). It is part of Global Voices’ June 2026 Spotlight series, “Gender Diversity” and was originally posted on the Global Voices website. This series offers insight into gender diversity and how it is being threatened, protected, and preserved around the world. You can support this coverage by donating here. When NASA was preparing for the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons were enough for a six-day flight. In November 2025, the US Transportation Department unveiled THOR-05F, the first crash test dummy specifically based on a woman’s body, and not just a scaled-down version of the crash test dummy based on men’s bodies. Several new model cars today, by default, unlock all doors as soon as the car is put into “park’ or when the ignition is turned off, which can be particularly unsafe for women and LGBTQ+ people. This setting has to be manually changed. Closer to home, in various social justice spaces and conferences, there are often panels and conversations taking place that only have men speaking and moderating. Colloquially called “manels,” they are a visible indicator and reminder of how the lack of gender diversity in a conversation is not seen as a problem or even as something unusual. The literal absence of women and gender diverse people across all levels of design and decision-making can be, and is often, dangerous and life-threatening to over half the global population. Inversely, in many contexts where non-heteronormative sexuality and gender expression are legally and socially criminalized, LGBTQ+ people and women are often scapegoats for moral social decay and are positioned as the reason for failed
Jul 1, 2026 · via apc.org
This editorial was written by Sheena Magenya and Smita V. of the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Rights Programme (APC WRP). It is part of Global Voices’ June 2026 Spotlight series, “Gender Diversity” and was originally posted on the Global Voices website. This series offers insight into gender diversity and how it is being threatened, protected, and preserved around the world. You can support this coverage by donating here. When NASA was preparing for the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons were enough for a six-day flight. In November 2025, the US Transportation Department unveiled THOR-05F, the first crash test dummy specifically based on a woman’s body, and not just a scaled-down version of the crash test dummy based on men’s bodies. Several new model cars today, by default, unlock all doors as soon as the car is put into “park’ or when the ignition is turned off, which can be particularly unsafe for women and LGBTQ+ people. This setting has to be manually changed. Closer to home, in various social justice spaces and conferences, there are often panels and conversations taking place that only have men speaking and moderating. Colloquially called “manels,” they are a visible indicator and reminder of how the lack of gender diversity in a conversation is not seen as a problem or even as something unusual. The literal absence of women and gender diverse people across all levels of design and decision-making can be, and is often, dangerous and life-threatening to over half the global population. Inversely, in many contexts where non-heteronormative sexuality and gender expression are legally and socially criminalized, LGBTQ+ people and women are often scapegoats for moral social decay and are positioned as the reason for failed
Jul 1, 2026 · via apc.org
From body cams to subdermals – what’s next for wearable biometrics? By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Innovative technology becomes de rigueur quickly – for an example of how quickly, look at media coverage of police body cam images. Introduced in the UK in 2014 for police firearms officers following the shooting of Mark Duggan, body worn cameras (BWC) are now as commonplace in law enforcement as the radio or the Taser – so commonplace in fact that suspicions are raised when their data is not available for a controversial incident. The use case for BWC has migrated rapidly to other public-facing roles like firefighters and emergency departments and is also on the increase in private security settings like retail. Reasons for the increased reliance on wearable tech in business and public services are largely pragmatic. Sounds and images can support a police investigation and prosecution, but their primary contribution is prevention. Basic security cameras aren’t preventing incidents – particularly in retail – and some of the UK’s most camera-intensive spaces have recorded the highest increases in volume crime. Knowing that you’re being individually filmed has a powerful influence on behaviour and research studies show how giving staff BWCs decreased the risk of assault, both for employees wearing them and co-workers in their vicinity, de-escalating aggression and violence. BWC can also help avoid or settle complaints about staff and researchers have found the cams give private security personnel “legitimacy by association” with police use of the same tech. Whether reported misuse by the police will have a blowback effect remains to be seen. Personalisation of the technology is also part of the employee experience. Being issued with BWC signals personal investment in employees beyond blanket coverage of ‘workplace assets’, giving staff a feeling of prioritisation
Jul 1, 2026 · via biometricupdate.com
I know perfectly well that complaining about the growing presence of generative AI and muttering darkly to anyone who will listen that “they’re watching us” is giving tinfoil-hat survivalist whom everyone avoids in the checkout line at the grocery store. But honestly, thanks to the ubiquity of Ring cameras, data brokerage, and facial-recognition technology, sundry forms of surveillance are now a regular part of modern American life. My anxiety about one day living in a Big Tech–enabled police state is real—but for the most part, it hasn’t actually altered the way I live. I use a data-scrubbing service to keep as much of my personal information offline as I can, but that’s primarily because I write for the internet and people frequently get mad enough at me that I’m vulnerable to doxxing campaigns. But beyond that, I remain glued to my unethically made iPhone, I attend political protests with my face and tattoos visible (to anyone reading this: Please do as the ACLU says, not as I do), and I frequently supply my full name and email address to access questionable miscellany like a 5% discount on my dog’s small-breed kibble. I know I need to do some work to untangle myself from the surveillance culture I fear and decry, but I’m nothing if not a lover of shortcuts, so when I was given the opportunity to try out some products from Ohmni, a clothing line launched in 2025 by musician M.I.A. with the goal of “safeguarding personal privacy and autonomy by offering items designed to block electromagnetic frequencies,” I couldn’t resist learning more. Here, at last, were cheekily literal tinfoil hats and anti-facial-recognition balaclavas that draw inspiration from the style of groups like…the Irish Republican Army. No, I don’t always agree with M.I.A.’s politics, to say the least, but
Jul 1, 2026 · via vogue.com
Humans have been successfully trained to spot AI-generated faces in a study involving researchers at the University of Aberdeen. AI-generated deepfake faces have become so realistic that it is difficult for people to tell them apart from photos of real humans, contributing to increases in AI-related fraud. “Training on visual artifacts, like looking for a sixth finger or odd earrings, has had limited success, partly because the AI is getting too good, and fraudsters may avoid using pictures with obvious flaws anyway,’’ said lead researcher Associate Professor Amy Dawel, Director of the Australian National University (ANU) Emotions and Faces Lab. “Our training directs people’s attention to global qualities that differ between AI and human faces. AI faces tend to be more symmetrical, proportional and attractive, but without training we often think these are markers of being human.” Now, the team, based in Australia, Canada and the UK, have shown that people can learn to recognise AI faces, given the right exposure, representing an important breakthrough for combating AI-misinformation. The researchers trained people to spot AI-generated faces by drawing their attention to six perceptual qualities: distinctiveness, memorability, proportionality, symmetry, attractiveness and expressiveness. The ability of all participants to spot AI faces improved, with “high performers” achieving near perfection. The UK lead for the project, Dr Clare Sutherland from the University of Aberdeen, said: “This project is particularly exciting because it’s not always been straightforward to train people on face recognition skills.” “However, over time, as the team worked with the face images, we started to get a feel for which faces ‘looked like’ AI ones. We have also found that 'super-recognisers’, or people who are inherently good with faces, do a slightly better job at discriminating AI faces.” “Our new work shows that people can indeed learn to recognise AI faces
Jul 1, 2026 · via abdn.ac.uk
Sainsbury’s is expanding its use of facial recognition cameras to up to 150 more supermarkets before Christmas as it steps up efforts to tackle shoplifting and abuse against staff. The company already has the AI-powered Facewatch system live in 55 stores, following earlier trials in Sydenham and Bath Oldfield Park. The technology alerts trained store colleagues when someone who has previously been involved in violence, aggression or theft is identified entering a participating branch. Sainsbury’s said all alerts are reviewed by people before any action is taken, while images of shoppers who are not matched are deleted instantly. The company previously said the system has a 99.98 per cent accuracy rate and is not used to monitor everyday customers or colleagues. The rollout follows encouraging results from Sainsbury’s early trial, which found incidents of theft, harm, aggression and antisocial behaviour fell 46 per cent across stores using the technology. It also said 92 per cent of identified offenders did not return. However, the expansion is likely to draw scrutiny from privacy campaigners following concerns over the use of the technology in retail settings. Earlier this year, shopper Warren Rajah said he was wrongly asked to leave a Sainsbury’s store in Elephant and Castle after being misidentified by staff using the system. Sainsbury’s later apologised, while Facewatch said Rajah was not on its database and attributed the incident to human error rather than a technology alert. Sainsbury’s has previously insisted its use of facial recognition is “intentional and transparent”, with clear signage in stores where the technology is operating. It said the system is designed only to identify individuals who have previously shown violent, aggressive or criminal behaviour in participating stores. Sainsbury’s said at the time: “Colleagues should never feel at risk while doing their jobs and customers should always feel
Jul 1, 2026 · via retailgazette.co.uk
TOKYO, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today announced the availability of the SwitchBot Outdoor Pan/Tilt Cam 3K, an outdoor security camera designed to deliver wider coverage, clearer detail, and smarter AI-powered insights for home monitoring. Designed to improve the household monitoring of yards, driveways, entrances, shops, and outdoor spaces with greater confidence, SwitchBot Outdoor Pan/Tilt Cam 3K combines 360° pan-and-tilt coverage, 5MP image clarity, full-color night vision, flexible installation, and AI-powered event understanding in one outdoor-ready device. AI Insight Powered by Vision-Language-Model* Powered by VLM, SwitchBot Outdoor Pan/Tilt Cam 3K goes beyond traditional motion alerts by providing proactive event understanding with AI insights, rather than just displaying that something moved. The first function of AI Insight is AI Event Alert; the camera can summarize situations in natural language, such as a delivery arriving, a person returning home, an animal entering the yard, or a suspicious person approaching. Secondly, users can also search video footage with natural language, making it easier to find important moments such as a car being scratched on the street or a pet playing in the yard during the day, without manually reviewing hours of recordings. Moreover, AI recognition helps identify people, vehicles, animals, and objects, reducing unnecessary alerts caused by insects or irrelevant motion while keeping users focused on events that matter. More specifically, advanced VLM features can identify animal types such as bears, deer, and coyotes, helping outdoor users understand what entered the monitored area. Last but not least, compared with traditional cameras that only monitor, SwitchBot Outdoor Pan/Tilt Cam 3K can work with SwitchBot devices for active security automation, such as turning on lights when someone enters the yard while the user is away. *Some AI understanding features require AI Guard subscription. See SwitchBot's
Jul 1, 2026 · via en.prnasia.com
PaintCare Unveils New AI-Powered Product Recognition Tool to Help Paint Consumers Quickly Identify PaintCare Products PaintCare, the nonprofit organization created by the American Coatings Association to make it easy for households and businesses to recycle leftover paint, today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence–powered product recognition tool designed to help paint consumers quickly determine whether their leftover products are accepted at PaintCare drop off locations. July 1, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — PaintCare, the nonprofit organization created by the American Coatings Association to make it easy for households and businesses to recycle leftover paint, today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence–powered product recognition tool designed to help paint consumers quickly determine whether their leftover products are accepted at PaintCare drop off locations. Developed in partnership with the technology company Rubbish, the tool uses image recognition to identify common paint and paint related products and provide guidance on whether they are covered by the PaintCare program. By simply granting camera access or uploading a photo, users can receive instant feedback on whether their item is accepted for recycling, reuse, or proper disposal at a nearby PaintCare drop off site. “PaintCare’s new product recognition tool reflects the coatings industry’s long tradition of forward thinking innovation and responsible product stewardship,” said Mike Johnson, President and CEO of the American Coatings Association. “By pairing PaintCare’s proven stewardship model with cutting edge AI, we’re giving paint users a simple, intuitive tool to understand what they can bring to PaintCare’s drop off sites. It’s another example of how the coatings industry and PaintCare continue to lead with solutions that reduce waste, increase reuse, and make recycling more accessible for everyone.” The tool is designed to complement PaintCare’s existing online resources, including the popular Drop Off Site Locator, which connects users to more than
Jul 1, 2026 · via waste360.com