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'.
With face masks now compulsory or recommended in various parts of the country, how are facial recognition systems functioning?
Facial recognition algorithms are usually tested using white faces, which results in the technology being unable to differentiate between racialized individuals.
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Technology is not neutral, as facial recognition algorithms and predictive policing have shown us. Algorithms discriminate by design, reflecting and reinforcing pre-existing biases.
The federal government has used military-grade border patrol drones like this one to monitor protests in US cities.
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There are questions being raised about the legality of scanning, storing and sharing facial images. The law currently doesn't prohibit even highly intrusive levels of surveillance by private entities.
Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national intelligence services. The digitization of bias and abuse of power followed.
Recently, police forces have come under criticism for their engagement of facial recognition technologies. But pandemic response plans may increasingly incorporate surveillance.
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"Super-recognisers" who can identify a range of ethnicities could help increase fraud detection rates at passport control and decrease false conviction rates that have relied on CCTV.
Emotion recognition technology, an outgrowth of facial recognition technology, continues to advance quickly.
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A report calls for banning the use of emotion recognition technology. An AI and computer vision researcher explains the potential and why there's growing concern.
Andrew Hastie said the broad objectives of the identity-matching system were sound, but key changes were needed to ensure privacy and transparency.
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