Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice identified three Australian retailers who use facial recognition to identify consumers. What are the privacy concerns?
Harisu Abdullahi Shehu, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Hedwig Eisenbarth, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Will Browne, Queensland University of Technology
Robots are more likely than people to misclassify emotions when reading faces that are partially covered. This could lead to unexpected behaviours when they interact with people wearing masks.
Psychologists are hoping a new, extra-difficult facial recognition test will help unearth more of Australia’s top performers in facial recognition — known as ‘super-recognisers’.
Christel Devue, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Gina Grimshaw, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Facial recognition is a crucial skill, but difficult to test accurately. Researchers are taking advantage of the popularity of Game of Thrones to test the limits of our ability to identify a familiar face.
One of these people is on a wanted list for theft. A super-recogniser may pick them at a glance.
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Even the world’s best available training – used to train police, border control agents and other security personnel – does not compensate for natural talent in face recognition.
Students tested on their ability to tell whether two images were of the same person were wrong 30% of the time.
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Same person or different person? Most people are extremely good at recognising faces of people they know well, but not so much strangers. See how well you perform on the tests in this story.
CCTV cameras are becoming a “normal” feature of public life, tracking peoples’ movements as a matter of course.
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The death of the Brazilian electrician at the hands of the Metropolitan Police was a notorious case of mistaken identity. The same thing would probably happen today.