The BGR-PROJECT, or Background Removal Benchmark, is accepting software implementations and device-based solutions.
Background removal separates a person from the surroundings in a photograph so the subject can be recomposited onto a uniform background.
Background removal provides a way to separate the person from the original scene before placing the subject against the required background.
BSI identifies halos around the subject, clipped hair and color spill from the original background among the problems background removal algorithms need to avoid.
BSI says artifacts introduced during background removal may degrade the quality of the facial image and, consequently, the performance of downstream face recognition.
Oct 2, 2026 · via biometricupdate.com
Galo faces Red Bull Bragantino this Saturday (03), at 6:30 p.m., at Arena MRV, in the postponed match from the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship.
Attention: the Esplanade, the gates, and the Arena MRV parking lot will open at 4:30 p.m., two hours before kickoff.
Conexão Arena MRV Conexão Arena MRV has boarding points spread across several neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte.
Cícero Idelfonso Ave., between Felisberta Camargos Street and Maria Francisca de Carvalho Street, toward BR-040.
Cícero Idelfonso Avenue, between Felisberta Camargos Street and Maria Francisca de Carvalho Street, toward BR-040.
Oct 2, 2026 · via sports.yahoo.com
3 min read Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For years, scientists have trained AI to read fMRI scans to accurately reconstruct visual information.
The researchers revealed Brain-IT, an AI model capable of reconstructing mental images with a scary level of accuracy—using only brain-scan data.
It needs vast amounts of data to draw inferences from, and fMRI scans paired with images are in painfully short supply.
So the researchers developed a decode/encode method where the model could both decode an image from these brain scans and also predict what brain scans might look like based on just an image alone.
And by altering the images, it’s possible to compare differences between predicted fMRI scans to uncover the brain’s underlying behavior.
Oct 2, 2026 · via popularmechanics.com
On Fridays, while other Princeton students headed off for the weekend, Fei-Fei Li would travel to New Jersey to work at her family’s dry-cleaning business.
This week, it was announced that World Labs, the AI company she co-founded, will be acquired by AMD in a stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion.
Upon completion of the deal, Li is set to join AMD as a senior vice president and chief scientist, reporting to CEO Lisa Su.
In an interview, Li said she maintained a close relationship with his family after his death.
She also helped establish AI4ALL, an organization focused on expanding access to AI education for young people from underrepresented backgrounds.
Oct 2, 2026 · via calcalistech.com
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Oct 2, 2026 · via dvidshub.net
Law enforcement agencies regularly rely on facial recognition technology (FRT) to link images of faces from CCTV footage to possible suspects.
By 2024, two million law enforcement searches per year used one vendor alone (The Record, June 27, 2024).
Defense lawyers and courts often have no idea law enforcement used FRT to identify a suspect—one reason legal challenges to it remain rare.
To identify potential suspects, law enforcement used surveillance camera footage to place a still image of the perpetrator into an FRT program, which they said produced one suspect: Craig Johnson.
Further, an FRT search does not occur in a vacuum: Law enforcement must still examine the candidates and decide whether any is enough of a “match.”
Oct 2, 2026 · via apa.org
Apple is developing a home security camera that will not record video, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Gurman described the camera as a compact metal cylinder resembling an oversized tube of lip balm.
“You're not getting anything but text descriptions,” Gurman said.
Reports indicate the camera will follow in 2027, and Apple is also said to be developing a home security and monitoring service to accompany the hardware.
Apple announced AI-generated descriptions of camera clips for the Home app in June, but that feature still relies on recorded footage that users can play back.
Oct 2, 2026 · via notebookcheck.net
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Oct 2, 2026 · via buzzfeed.com
A photo of a venomous snake in a Southern California tree shared earlier this week triggered a warning, neighborhood panic and an all-out search.
This is far from the first time that artificial intelligence has fooled people, and it likely won't be the last.
Detectors like GPTZero or DeepAI use pattern recognition, audio analysis and other tools to test whether content is real or fake.
"Check the source that the information is from," said Jennifer Huddleston, a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute.
Are there other sources that are running the same image or reporting the same image?"
Oct 2, 2026 · via nbcbayarea.com
DHS last summer invited industry partners to the Progreso International Bridge border crossing in southern Texas to demonstrate facial biometric capability for Customs and Border Protection.
Hear from DHS component leaders and industry experts about biometrics, counter-UAS and AI in border security.
Prior to deploying to the border, DHS built and developed a replica of the pedestrian exit environment at the MTF.
Rule Finalization Kicks Starts Border Biometric Data Effort The December finalization of a DHS rule accelerated efforts to collect biometric data at borders.
Pivot to Real-Time Facial Recognition in Motor Vehicles DHS’ doesn’t want biometrics for border crossings limited to pedestrians.
Oct 1, 2026 · via executivegov.com
Like other Florida departments, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is wired into FACESNXT, a face biometric reference database maintained by Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and using algorithms from Idemia.
It is one of the longest-running facial recognition systems used in American law enforcement.
When considering the risks that errors in facial recognition technology might lead to wrongful arrests, the worry is typically that police departments deploying the tech could trigger false matches against police databases.
Jacksonville SO has been here before Police departments across the states have extolled the value of facial recognition technology as a crime fighting tool.
That’s why probable cause exists, and (once more for posterity) probable cause cannot come from facial recognition alone.
Oct 1, 2026 · via biometricupdate.com
October 1, 2026 • 2 min read Samsung may not have given up on bringing better facial recognition to Galaxy phones.
Rumor claims Samsung hasn’t given up on advanced facial recognition According to @phonefuturist, Samsung is still testing technology related to Metalenz’s Polar ID.
However, Samsung allegedly won’t use the Polar ID name if the technology eventually makes it to Galaxy phones.
The tipster claims Samsung is considering names such as Facial Recognition 2.0 and Facial Recognition Pro, although nothing has been finalized.
It’s tempting to connect this to the facial recognition project, especially since Metalenz has demoed Polar ID working under an OLED display.
Oct 1, 2026 · via sammyguru.com
City to get live facial recognition for first time Police will deploy live facial recognition (LFR) in Cambridge for the first time.
Cambridgeshire Police said LFR will be used in the city on Friday, following deployments in Peterborough earlier this year, which the force said had proved successful.
The system scans faces from a live camera feed and compares them in real time with a watchlist of high-risk individuals, including those wanted for criminal offences, with an outstanding warrant or subject to court-imposed requirements.
Sgt Luke Charlton said: "Live facial recognition is another valuable tool that helps us protect the public by identifying wanted offenders and those who may pose a risk to our communities."
'Wanted' Officers will review images flagged as a potential match and will decide whether or not to take further action, the force said.
Oct 1, 2026 · via bbc.com
The research team focused on this biological principle.
In contrast, the technology developed by the research team adopts an "in-sensor image processing" approach, where the sensor detects light while simultaneously performing some image processing.
The research team solved this problem using tungsten diselenide (WSe2), an ultra-thin two-dimensional semiconductor material.
When noise-containing images were directly input into an AI trained on clean character images, recognition accuracy was only 47.7%.
However, when the same images were input after applying the newly developed image processing, accuracy jumped to 97.3%—more than double.
Oct 1, 2026 · via finance.biggo.com
A six-month live facial recognition technology (LFR) trial in London’s railway stations has been found to have led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects - and no arrests.
London mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed the technology will be used on the newly pedestrianised Oxford Street.
A report from parliament’s joint committee on human rights, which called on the government to address the threat of artificial intelligence to human rights, said that the rollout of LFR technology was a “particularly clear example of risk”.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy PA Wire Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill Bell Ribeiro-Addy said: “Live facial recognition technologies are a serious invasion of our privacy.
As these arrests did not result directly from an LFR alert, they are not included within LFR performance data.
Oct 1, 2026 · via standard.co.uk
How the trial worked Live facial recognition cameras compare faces passing through a particular location with images on a police watchlist.
Concerns about accuracy and proportionality The trial has renewed debate over whether live facial recognition is appropriate for crowded public spaces.
A growing use of facial recognition More than half of police forces in England and Wales have now used live facial recognition on public streets, according to an analysis by Liberty Investigates.
The Metropolitan police and the mayor’s office announced plans for fixed facial recognition cameras in the West End.
A recent report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights described live facial recognition as a particularly clear example of the risks created by AI.
Oct 1, 2026 · via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
By performing part of the image processing directly in the camera sensor, this approach improves recognition accuracy.
“In-sensor image processing,” in which the sensor performs part of the image processing as it detects light, reduces the amount of data that must be sent to external processors and thus lowers power consumption and processing latency.
Using tungsten diselenide (WSe2), an ultrathin two-dimensional semiconductor, the team developed a transistor device that reproduces this retinal signal suppression function.
The team then used simulations to evaluate situations in which images become noisy due to rain, fog, and similar conditions.
However, when the developed image processing was first applied to the same noisy images before input, the accuracy rose to 97.3%.
Oct 1, 2026 · via dongascience.com
For billions of people, facial recognition technology has become part of daily life, allowing machines to assess our humanity and our physical identities in less than a second.
In return for giving up this part of ourselves, we get a product or service or a sense of safety.
These “Adams and Eves” of facial recognition were part of a US Department of Defense initiative in the 1990s.
“Our whole relationship to technology to me feels very supernatural, feels very in this world of cosmic horror,” he said.
Now when he looks back at these early facial recognition portraits, he feels their vulnerability more than anything else.
Oct 1, 2026 · via cnn.com
For billions of people, facial recognition technology has become part of daily life, allowing machines to assess our humanity and our physical identities in less than a second.
In return for giving up this part of ourselves, we get a product or service or a sense of safety.
These “Adams and Eves” of facial recognition were part of a US Department of Defense initiative in the 1990s.
“Our whole relationship to technology to me feels very supernatural, feels very in this world of cosmic horror,” he said.
Now when he looks back at these early facial recognition portraits, he feels their vulnerability more than anything else.
Oct 1, 2026 · via kesq.com
That’s the pitch for the University of Kentucky’s voluntary pilot of Alcatraz AI‘s Rock system.
During enrollment, Rock captures a temporary facial image and converts it into an encrypted mathematical representation that Alcatraz AI calls a Facial Signature.
The template is tied to a badge number rather than your name, according to Alcatraz AI’s privacy materials.
Alcatraz AI’s privacy policy defers the template retention period to the “solution owner,” which is the university.
The reviewed UK materials do not state a specific retention period or deletion deadline.
Sep 30, 2026 · via gadgetreview.com