‘Operation Renewed Hope’ launched on July 17, with part of its mission being to re-investigate year-old cases that had gone cold using sophisticated AI technologies.\nForbes reports that the effort involves the use of Clearview AI’s facial recognition platform.\nLastPass Embraces FIDO2Speaking of password managers, LastPass has announced its support for the use of FIDO2 authenticators.\nNormally, a LastPass user needs to enter their master password to gain access to their password vault.\nNigeria Launches Biometric Pensioner Authentication SystemNigeria’s Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has launched a new biometric proof-of-life system for the country’s pensioners.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Police asking for public's help finding slain Seattle rideshare driver's stolen car","slug":"police-asking-for-public-s-help-finding-slain-seattle-rideshare-driver-s-stolen-car","publishDate":"2023-08-09 19:28:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:01.771960","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Example video title will go here for this videoSEATTLE — Seattle police are asking anyone who sees a car connected to the homicide of a rideshare driver to call 911.\nPolice said the suspect in the killing appeared to randomly walk up to Geda as he was stopped along the curb on 1st Avenue South.\nThe suspect then carjacked and shot Geda, fleeing from the location in his vehicle southbound on 1st Avenue, passing Spokane Street.\nPolice are asking anyone who sees Geda's car, a light blue 2014 Toyota Prius with Washington license plate BEP3940, to call 911.\nA post from the Seattle Rideshare Driver's Association, of which Geda was a member, said he worked two jobs to support his family over the last 14 years.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"DPD pushes to enact changes to photo lineups after facial recognition lawsuit","slug":"dpd-pushes-to-enact-changes-to-photo-lineups-after-facial-recognition-lawsuit","publishDate":"2023-08-09 22:32:56.099000","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:01.393611","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Detroit police address recent lawsuit involving arrest after facial recognition use“An image of the individual who dropped the phone or who left the phone there… was used for facial recognition.\nDepartment policy does not allow the use of facial recognition in photo lineups.\nEffective immediately, the department has banned the use of facial recognition photos in photo lineups.\nRobert Williams sued DPD in 2021 after facial recognition mistakenly identified him as a shoplifting suspect, leading to his arrest.\n“The elephant in the room is this is empirical evidence that says facial recognition is inherently biased,” Robinson said.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"GM still struggling to build EVs, sees margin growth ahead for Cruise, CFO says","slug":"gm-still-struggling-to-build-evs-sees-margin-growth-ahead-for-cruise-cfo-says","publishDate":"2023-08-09 11:16:30-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:00.692339","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Jacobson said GM had built more than 1,000 Lyriqs in July — still well below the company's initial expectations.\nGM in early 2022 said it expected to build 25,000 Lyriqs at the company's Spring Hill, Tenn., plant last year, but fell far short of that target.\nIn the first six months this year, GM delivered fewer than 2,400 Lyriqs to customers, as it struggled with batteries and other issues.\nJacobson pointed to its majority-owned Cruise automated vehicle operation as a bright spot, as the unit enters a \"big phase of operational expansion,\" with more than 400 vehicles on the road.\nCruise has \"largely solved all the technology challenges,\" Jacobson said, and is still targeting $1 billion in revenue in 2025 and growing margins as costs continue to come down.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Bay Area journalist takes ride on Cruise self-driving car in SF","slug":"bay-area-journalist-takes-ride-on-cruise-self-driving-car-in-sf","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:00.663963","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":""}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Garner, N.C., PD Pairs Plate Readers With Gunshot Detection","slug":"garner-n-c-pd-pairs-plate-readers-with-gunshot-detection","publishDate":"2023-08-09 22:39:16.668000","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:00.637330","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Chris Adams, public information officer for the Garner Police Department, said coupling the two systems will give officers information they would not have otherwise.\nAccording to a January 2023 article by Triad City Beat , Winston-Salem agreed to install 25 of Flock Safety’s license plate readers across all eight wards of the city.\nWinston-Salem Police said the footage would not be sold or shared by Flock Safety, according to the article.Flock Safety also has license plate readers in other North Carolina cities including Raleigh and Greensboro.\nTwenty-five Flock cameras were installed in Raleigh in June 2022.\nAs of February 2023, Raleigh police reported that 41 people had been arrested on outstanding warrants after Flock alerts.Instead of using the Flock Safety gunshot detectors, Winston-Salem uses ShotSpotter, a different device.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Application of facial recognition tech needs to be strictly regulated","slug":"application-of-facial-recognition-tech-needs-to-be-strictly-regulated","publishDate":"2023-08-10 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:00.093415","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"China Daily | Updated: 2023-08-10 07:12A visitor tries 3D facial recognition tech on Tuesday at the Light of Internet Expo of the sixth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province.\n[Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]China's cyberspace authorities published a draft regulation for management of facial recognition technology on Tuesday to solicit public opinion, which serves like a curtain-raiser for governance of the facial recognition system.\nIt is like drawing a redline for facial recognition technology application.\nIt also says that when other non-biometric identification technology solutions that can achieve the same purpose are available, they should be preferred over facial recognition technology application.\nThe draft law also focuses on building a process governance framework for the application of facial recognition technology.
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