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Google has unveiled plans for “intelligent eyewear,” the company’s foray into AI-powered smart glasses. The announcement, made at the Google I/O 2026 conference on Tuesday, comes amid a growing backlash against smart glasses over privacy concerns. The company is not referring to its products as “smart glasses,” however, as the term has gained notoriety among privacy advocates and government officials. Download the SAN app today to stay up-to-date with Unbiased. Straight Facts™. Point phone camera here The first product in Google’s intelligent eyewear line, known as “audio glasses,” will launch in the fall. Google says it will roll out its second product, known as “display glasses,” later. The audio glasses, developed in partnership with Samsung and eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, let users speak with Google’s AI chatbot Gemini and receive responses through ear speakers in the glasses. The display glasses, also powered by Gemini, will display information such as translations and turn-by-turn directions right in front of the wearer’s eyes. Intelligent eyewear users will be able to connect the smart glasses to either their iOS or Android devices to manage calls, send texts, play music and take photos and videos. While both models will allow for recording video, a press release from Google only mentions the capability once. The announcement signals Google’s first attempt to return to the smart glasses space since it introduced “Google Glass” in 2013. The project was pulled in 2015 after pushback from the public, which referred to wearers as “Glassholes” because of the technology’s intrusive nature. Smart glasses remain in a controversial space, especially in light of plans by Meta to introduce facial recognition into its own product. A memo from last May, first reported by The New York Times, revealed Meta’s plans to introduce facial recognition to its Ray Ban smart
By tracking brain activity directly through implanted electrodes, researchers reveal how visual information races from early visual regions to memory, emotion, and higher-order cognitive networks within the first few hundred milliseconds. Study: Brain-wide information flow dynamics during novel visual processing in humans. Image Credit: MAXIMUM ART / Shutterstock A recent article-in-press study published in the journal Communications Biology shows that seeing a new face or place activates different parts of the brain in rapid sequence within the first few hundred milliseconds. These regions work together to identify and interpret the visual image as information moves from occipital visual areas through dorsal and ventral pathways toward frontal and limbic regions. The findings help explain how the brain can begin processing faces and places almost instantly and improve understanding of visual information flow in the brain, contributing to the knowledge base and potentially informing future studies of neurological conditions that affect these pathways. Such conditions may include neurodegenerative disorders, traumatic brain injury, infections, and epilepsy, although the present study did not test diagnosis or early detection. Visual Information Flow Background The brain processes visual images within fractions of a second to help direct movement and build social interactions. The sequence in which visual cues activate different regions of the brain, however, remains unclear. Existing imaging techniques can identify brain regions actively involved in image processing, but cannot capture signals traversing visual information pathways at millisecond resolution, warranting further research. Such knowledge could help scientists better understand perception and the interaction between visual processing, memory, and emotion during everyday image interpretation. iEEG Visual Processing Study Design In the present study, researchers obtained intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) recordings from 22 individuals with drug-resistant epilepsy. Surgeons had implanted electrodes in the brains of these patients as part of medical treatment planning. The team instructed the participants
When you visit Disneyland Resort, you may encounter its facial recognition technology at the theme park entrances. Disneyland and California Adventure implemented the system recently, including the new technology at some of the park entrances. Now, after visiting the park with her children, a guest of Disneyland Resort has filed a lawsuit regarding the facial recognition technology. According to the Orange County Register, Summer Christine Duffield of Riverside County has filed a lawsuit, alleging that Disneyland Resort violates privacy with this new system. “Disney does not adequately disclose the use of their biometric collection, so consumers — which almost always include children — have no idea that Disney is collecting this highly sensitive data,” according to the complaint. “Guests should be able to expressly opt in to this type of sensitive facial recognition technology with written consent — the onus of privacy rights should not be on the victim.” According to the lawsuit, Duffield visited the resort on May 10th with her children. A Disney spokesperson has already replied to the lawsuit, saying,“We respect and protect our guests’ personal information and dispute the plaintiff’s claims, which we believe are without merit.” The facial recognition technology was added back in April 2026. Both parks offer alternate lanes that do not use the face scanning, and allow guests to skip the process. When the new technology rolled out, there were signs posted near security to notify visitors of the use of facial recognition. The $5 million class action lawsuit was filed on May 15th in U.S. District Court in New York. Orange County Register notes, “Disneyland takes photos of daily visitors and annual passholders at park entrances and uses biometric technology to convert the images into unique numerical values. The biometric data compares the numerical values to find a facial match with
Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to FTC Over Allegations the Company Misled Customers Shutterstock has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $35 million over allegations that the photo agency misled customers and illegally made millions of dollars from them. The settlement was reached last week after the FTC alleged that Shutterstock’s on-demand packs were advertised as “best for a one-time project,” with “no commitment,” but failed to clearly disclose that the packs automatically renewed when the last download in the pack was used and automatically renewed after one year. According to Reuters, the FTC said that subscribers who wanted to cancel faced long waiting times on the phone, multiple email exchanges, and had to read through eight pages of materials before being able to cancel. The FTC also said that the “annual, paid monthly plan” subjected consumers to substantial cancellation fees, while not disclosing that the plan automatically renewed. “Subscription and negative option features can be beneficial for both companies and consumers, making renewal simpler and streamlining payment processes,” says Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “But these benefits depend critically on firms clearly disclosing material terms, securing express and informed consent before charging consumers, and ensuring cancellation is a straightforward and simple process. When firms fail to follow these simple principles, they deprive consumers of the ability to make informed choices, undermining consumer sovereignty and impeding competition. The Commission’s action today underscores its commitment to preserving consumer choice and facilitating competition in digital markets and subscriptions.” Shutterstock did not admit or deny wrongdoing by agreeing to the multi-million dollar settlement. The company has not publicly commented on the case. The settlement will be used to “provide full relief” to the consumers affected by Shutterstock’s illegal business practices. Photo Archive News notes that a
Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, joined more than 250 Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the National Guard who took part in National Guard Day at Nationals Park in Washington, highlighting the Guard’s service, sacrifice, and community connection, on May 18, 2026. The first-pitch baseball was presented by Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, prior to the game honoring National Guard service members and their contributions to the nation. Guard members joined in pre-game ceremonies that included on-field recognition before the Washington Nationals took on the New York Mets. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Arthur M. Wright) | Date Taken: | 05.18.2026 | | Date Posted: | 05.19.2026 19:38 | | Photo ID: | 9696389 | | VIRIN: | 260518-F-PL327-7945 | | Resolution: | 6048x4024 | | Size: | 5.31 MB | | Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US | | Web Views: | 28 | | Downloads: | 0 | This work, National Guard Day at Nationals Park 2026 [Image 24 of 24], by MSgt Arthur Wright, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
Disney sued over facial recognition at California theme parks A class action accuses The Walt Disney Company of illegally collecting facial data from adults and children at Disneyland. - A new class action lawsuit alleges Disney illegally collects biometric data at its California theme parks. - The suit claims Disney does not properly disclose its facial recognition practices to visitors, including children. - Disney's policy of deleting data after 30 days is questioned, as entry scans are compared to passholder photos. Some Disney parks visitors say the company is illegally collecting their biometric information. A new class action lawsuit filed against The Walt Disney Company alleges that Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, both in California, are not properly disclosing the company's biometric collection policies. The lawsuit alleges that when Disney started using facial recognition at park entrances, the company didn't disclose these practices to visitors. The filing notes that the company collects biometric information for children as well as adult visitors. "While Disney publicly states '[t]he security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information are extremelyimportant to us, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable,' it appears visitors cannot discern which of the entrances into Disney Theme Parks actually are the ones to clearly avoid to 'opt-out' of facial recognition," the filing says. There is a separate entrance for those who do not want to opt-in to the facial recognition technology. Disney did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment. The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages for class members and suggests that Disney should require written consent from visitors before implementing facial recognition technology. While Disney has claimed in other forums that it deletes biometric data after 30 days, the lawsuit alleges that, because the company acknowledges that it compares entry scans to photos uploaded when passes
Police have started using live facial recognition in Stevenage town centre. The technology aims to find wanted offenders and protect vulnerable people. It works by comparing live camera footage of faces to a pre-set watchlist, alerting officers if a match is found. Police believe live facial recognition is an effective tool for preventing and detecting crime. They said they acknowledge the need to balance privacy concerns with protection, and are aware of the technology's legal and ethical implications. In a statement, Herts police said: "We will be open and transparent in the development, deployment and use of live facial recognition technology, recognising that we must retain the confidence of our communities as we trial this new and important crime-fighting tool."
Sora may be dead, but some of its most buzzed-about features are about to land on YouTube. Google on Tuesday hosted its Google I/O event, where it unveiled a slew of new products and changes, including some notable additions to YouTube, the world’s dominant free video platform. Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that YouTube now has more than three billion users worldwide, in line with products like Google search, Gmail, Android and Chrome, underscoring YouTube’s vast reach and dominance in the video space. But it was updates to Gemini that will surely garner a lot of attention, with its video-centric Gemini Omni updates allowing for major changes in how users interact with videos on the platform. In YouTube Shorts, a new “Remix” option will let users write a prompt to remix a creator’s video by changing its style or even adding themselves into the video, without changing the basic context of the video. Remixes, of course, were an element of Sora, the OpenAI video app, in which users could take another creator’s video and prompt tweaks or changes to create a new version. Sora also had a feature called “Cameos” that let users upload their likenesses to be featured in videos. YouTube is careful to note that videos will have digital watermarks to connect them to the original video, and that “creators are always in control of their content and have the flexibility to opt-out of visual remix in Shorts at any time.” The new products aren’t exactly the same, but letting users insert themselves into other user’s videos, or remix them into an anime style or some other tweak, are a fundamental change in how users engage with Shorts content. Google also announced “Ask YouTube,” which will let users ask a detailed question and use YouTube videos to get
Abstract Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) accounts for 75% of all skin cancers. Currently, all major public hospitals in Spain have a dermatology care protocol that includes teledermatology. This has created an overload for hospital dermatologists, which could be alleviated with an AI tool for prioritization. Several AI systems have been proposed for this purpose, but the lack of transparent diagnostic explanations limits their clinical acceptance and implementation. This fact motivates the present study, which aims to develop an AI tool focused on detecting BCC from dermoscopic images incorporating dermatologist diagnostic criteria to enhance reliability. Specifically, the BCC diagnostic criterium is that a lesion is not considered BCC if it exhibits pigment network pattern, and that a lesion is considered BCC if it exhibits at least one of these BCC patterns: ulceration, ovoid nest, multi globules, maple-leaf, spoke wheel, arborizing telangiectasia. We analyzed 1,559 dermoscopic images collected from 60 primary care centers in Andalusia. Four dermatologists annotated the images as exhibiting or not each of the seven possible BCC patterns. As there is no established Ground Truth to determine the BCC patterns present in a lesion, we propose an Expectation-Maximization consensus algorithm to consolidate the multi-rater annotations into a unified standard reference (SR). As an additional novelty, the system incorporates the symbolic reasoning of dermatologists, who base their diagnoses on BCC patterns shown in lesions. To this end, a multitask learning (MTL) system based on MobileNet-V2 was designed. This system can rapidly triage BCC and non-BCC lesions while providing clinical information justifying this classification. This system also provides GradCAM-based maps to dermatologists to improve its reliability and confidence. Three evaluations were performed on the AI system. First, a performance analysis was conducted to evaluate the AI tool’s ability to classify lesions as BCC or non-BCC. In this analysis, the model achieved
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Disneyland hit with $5M lawsuit over use of facial recognition technology A Disneyland visitor has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit alleging the Anaheim theme park does not properly disclose the use of facial recognition technology that violates the privacy rights of visitors. Summer Christine Duffield of Riverside County alleges Disneyland and Disney California Adventure violated privacy, competition and consumer protection laws by collecting the biometric data of visitors in the suit filed on May 15 in U.S. District Court in New York. Duffield visited Disneyland and DCA on May 10 with her minor children, according to the lawsuit. “Disney does not adequately disclose the use of their biometric collection, so consumers — which almost always include children — have no idea that Disney is collecting this highly sensitive data,” according to the complaint. “Guests should be able to expressly opt in to this type of sensitive facial recognition technology with written consent — the onus of privacy rights should not be on the victim.” Disneyland and DCA rolled out facial recognition software combined with biometric technology in April at the front entrances of both parks. “We respect and protect our guests’ personal information and dispute the plaintiff’s claims, which we believe are without merit,” according to Disneyland Resort spokesperson Jessica Jakary. Disneyland and DCA offer front entrance lanes that do not use facial recognition software marked by overhead signs with a silhouetted person in a rounded square with a diagonal strikethrough. Signs notifying visitors of the option were posted inside the security screening areas at the Disneyland resort parking structures and lots during the rollout of the high-tech security measure. Disneyland takes photos of daily visitors and annual passholders at park entrances and uses biometric technology to convert the images into unique numerical values. The biometric data compares
New Zealand is changing the law to make sexualised deepfakes a crime. But this alone may not be enough to counter the rise in AI-generated fake sexual material. By Cassandra Mudgway for The Conversation This week the Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill is set to go through its first reading, with support across the political spectrum. The amendment will make creating, sharing or selling sexually explicit deepfakes without consent a criminal offence. It comes in response to the rapid spread of such material, including the rollout of Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot on X, which people used to digitally undress women and girls and generate potentially three million sexualised images. New Zealand is not alone in confronting the problem. The United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea and the United States have already introduced or expanded laws to criminalise the creation and sharing of non-consensual deepfakes. Criminalisation is an important first step and brings New Zealand in line with developments elsewhere. But stemming the tide of sexualised deepfakes will also require regulation of the technology itself. Deepfakes mostly target women Deepfakes are AI-generated images, audio or video designed to make it appear that a real person said or did something that never actually happened. With image-based sexual abuse, this usually means using AI to create convincing but fake sexual material of a person without their consent. Sometimes, technology is used to manipulate ordinary photos pulled from social media into explicit imagery. Other AI systems can generate entirely fabricated sexual content from a text prompt alone. The abuse is overwhelmingly directed at women. One widely cited study found 98% of deepfake videos online were pornographic and mostly targeted women. For victim-survivors, the harms are significant regardless of whether the image is created from a real original or completely fabricated. People report humiliation,
Disney Faces Class Action Over Facial Recognition Use at California Theme Parks The Walt Disney Company is facing a $5 million class action lawsuit alleging Disneyland and Disney California Adventure failed to properly disclose the use of facial recognition technology at park entrances and collected sensitive biometric data from visitors, including children, without consent. The lawsuit, filed May 15 in federal court in New York, was brought by Riverside County resident Summer Christine Duffield after a May 10 visit to the Anaheim theme parks with her minor children. According to the complaint, Disney’s entrance screening system collects facial scans to convert them into biometric identifiers without adequately informing guests how the technology operates or how their information is stored and used. Court filings claim the parks’ current opt-out process places the burden on visitors to locate separate non-biometric entry lanes rather than requiring affirmative written consent before collecting facial data. The complaint argues that families and minors visiting the parks may not realize biometric information is being collected through the entrance screening process. Disney rolled out the entrance screening technology at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in April as part of updated security procedures. The system captures visitor photographs at entry points and compares them against ticket or annual pass images associated with guest accounts to verify identity. Separate entrance lanes are available for guests who do not want to participate in the screening process. The company has stated publicly that biometric information collected through the entrance screening system is deleted within 30 days, except when retention is required for legal or fraud prevention purposes. The lawsuit challenges whether those disclosures fully explain how entrance scans interact with ticketing, annual pass photographs, and guest account systems across Disney’s parks and services. At the center of the lawsuit are consent and
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Samuelsen, commanding general of the 108th Training Command, presents the Meritorious Service Medal to Sgt. 1st Class Brenda A. Jackson assigned to108th Training Command, in recognition of being named the U.S. Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year during a ceremony at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 15, 2026. Jackson was recognized for exceptional leadership, dedication and performance while serving as a U.S. Army Reserve drill sergeant. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Malik Waddy-Fiffee) | Date Taken: | 05.15.2026 | | Date Posted: | 05.18.2026 17:17 | | Photo ID: | 9687066 | | VIRIN: | 260515-A-NC965-3791 | | Resolution: | 6268x4477 | | Size: | 8.82 MB | | Location: | FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US | | Web Views: | 4 | | Downloads: | 1 | This work, U.S. Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year [Image 5 of 5], by SPC Malik Waddy-Fiffee, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
Two arrests after police use facial recognition - Published Two people have been arrested after a police force deployed live facial recognition technology for the first time. Cambridgeshire Police said it scanned 34,000 faces, looking for people on its watch list, when it used the cameras in Peterborough city centre on Saturday. Both arrests were for failing to appear at court, with one man accused of theft from a person and the other alleged to have stolen from a shop. Insp Sam Tucker described it as "a successful day", with officers also able to help with other incidents, including a medical emergency. "Our presence in such a busy area of the city received a really positive response - from the public, who were interested in how the technology worked, and Queensgate security and a local shop, which noticed a reduction in crime," he added. The system works by scanning faces from a live camera feed and comparing them in real time with a police watch list, which includes individuals with outstanding arrest warrants and high-risk offenders. The technology maps key facial features into a biometric template to identify potential matches. Any match is then reviewed by an officer, and all images and biometric data are deleted - either immediately or within 24 hours - if no further action is required. Altogether, seven people were identified during the six-hour deployment in Long Causeway and Bridge Street. The others were two registered sex offenders, who were found to be complying with conditions, a woman who was breaching a criminal behaviour order and will be voluntarily interviewed and two further identifications which required no further action, said Cambridgeshire Police. Do you have a story suggestion for Peterborough? Contact us below. Get in touch Your Voice Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, external,
Paramount is pushing further into artificial intelligence, with the David Ellison-led entertainment company hiring a new head of consumer AI on Monday. Dane Glasgow, the former Meta executive who joined Paramount as chief product officer last year, announced the hiring of Barak Turovsky in a memo to staff, which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. Turovsky will be executive VP and head of consumer AI for the company “He joins at a critical time in our company’s evolution as we look to scale AI and ML to meaningfully drive our growth,” Glasgow wrote in his memo. “He will be responsible for growing our AI / ML team and their capacity as we attract some of the best talent available. Barak and team will also explore ways to leverage AI to improve personalization, content discovery, platform intelligence, consumer engagement, and monetization capabilities across Paramount+ and Pluto TV.” Turovsky was most recently chief AI officer for General Motors, and before that worked in AI roles at Cisco, Trax, and Google, where he spent more than a decade. Ellison has made investing in technology a centerpiece of his thesis for turning Paramount around, and for bringing in Warner Bros. Discovery, a $111 billion mega-deal that is still in process. “Unless you can build a tech product that is truly competitive with what’s coming out of Silicon Valley, you can’t compete,” Ellison told reporters last year after the Paramount deal closed.. “And that has been one of the big problems that’s been facing legacy media, is they don’t actually understand that skill set and how critical that is, and that it is actually a combination of great content working with tech product hand in hand, that is how you actually get this business growing and scaling again, and you need both.” “I don’t think
This spring the Disneyland Resort implemented facial recognition at its main gates to both of its parks. The technology is utilized to combat fraud and also make the entrance process quicker and easier for guests. As guests walk into areas near entrances to the parks (the esplanade or Downtown Disney District entrance at the Monorail) signs can be seen that share about the technology and share how guests can opt out of utilizing the technology to enter the parks. The technology uses photos to compare images connected with a ticket or Magic Key. As the technology has moved from a period of testing to more regular use, Disney has been hit with a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit says that Disney is violating privacy, competition, and consumer protection laws with the technology at Disneyland. According to what was filed in California federal court on Friday, the complaint says that Disney “does not adequately disclose the use of their biometric collection, so consumers – which almost always include children – have no idea that Disney is collecting this highly sensitive data.” The lawsuit also says that there isn’t a proper disclosure to guests about the dates that is being collected. It notes that there are signs of a slash through the graphic of a person at four entrances where guests can avoid utilizing the technology. The lawsuit says that this does not provide meaningful notice for guests. It is unknown if the lawsuit takes into account the signs that guests pass while making their way to the entrances. “Guests should be able to expressly opt in to this type of sensitive facial recognition technology with written consent – the onus of privacy rights should not be on the victim,” writes Blake Yagman, a lawyer for the proposed class of visitors, in
A Disneyland visitor has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit alleging the Anaheim theme park does not properly disclose the use of facial recognition technology that violates the privacy rights of visitors. Summer Christine Duffield of Riverside County alleges Disneyland and Disney California Adventure violated privacy, competition and consumer protection laws by collecting the biometric data of visitors in the suit filed on May 15 in U.S. District Court in New York. Duffield visited Disneyland and DCA on May 10 with her minor children, according to the lawsuit. “Disney does not adequately disclose the use of their biometric collection, so consumers — which almost always include children — have no idea that Disney is collecting this highly sensitive data,” according to the complaint. “Guests should be able to expressly opt in to this type of sensitive facial recognition technology with written consent — the onus of privacy rights should not be on the victim.” “We respect and protect our guests’ personal information and dispute the plaintiff’s claims, which we believe are without merit,” according to Disneyland Resort spokesperson Jessica Jakary. Disneyland and DCA offer front entrance lanes that do not use facial recognition software marked by overhead signs with a silhouetted person in a rounded square with a diagonal strikethrough. Signs notifying visitors of the option were posted inside the security screening areas at the Disneyland resort parking structures and lots during the rollout of the high-tech security measure. Disneyland takes photos of daily visitors and annual passholders at park entrances and uses biometric technology to convert the images into unique numerical values. The biometric data compares the numerical values to find a facial match with the photo saved when a ticket or annual pass was first used. Disney deletes all biometric numerical values within 30 days, except in