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A newly surfaced Meta patent describes smart glasses capable of facial recognition, reviving a concept the company has flirted with before. The patent suggests Meta continues to explore technology that could identify people in the real world through wearable hardware.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to install facial recognition technology at the Calexico Port of Entry, a busy land crossing on the California-Mexico border.
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Meta has filed a patent for smart glasses equipped with AI-powered facial recognition that can identify people nearby and record automatically. The patent signals Meta's interest in moving ambient identification technology from concept into a consumer wearable.
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Police in an unspecified town made arrests following the use of a facial recognition tool, according to a report from Yahoo. No further details about the jurisdiction, the tool used, or the nature of the arrests are available from the source.
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Australia's two largest supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths, are facing scrutiny over their use of facial recognition technology in stores, with privacy advocates expressing concern about how the systems are deployed and what happens to shoppers' biometric data.
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A Sainsbury's store suspended its AI facial recognition system after it incorrectly identified a customer as a shoplifter. The incident prompted the retailer to pause use of the technology while the error was reviewed.
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Dallas police are expanding their use of AI-equipped cameras across the city. Officials say the department will not use facial recognition technology as part of the rollout.
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UK supermarket Sainsbury's has suspended facial recognition AI software at one of its stores, the latest in a series of incidents involving the technology in retail settings.
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Australian supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are reportedly testing facial recognition technology in their stores as a measure to combat retail crime. The trials place both chains among a growing number of retailers experimenting with biometric surveillance in consumer spaces.
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Sainsbury's paused facial recognition scanning at one of its stores after a customer was wrongly flagged as a shoplifter and removed from the premises. The supermarket attributed the incident to human error rather than a fault with its Facewatch AI system.
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West Yorkshire Police deployed facial recognition cameras in Kirklees for the first time, marking the technology's debut in that area. The rollout represents a continued expansion of live facial recognition by UK law enforcement.
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A privacy commission has issued a caution to retailers that are piloting or testing facial recognition technology in their stores. The warning signals regulatory concern about how the technology is being deployed in consumer-facing environments.
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A member of parliament has raised concerns about the Egyptian government collecting facial recognition data from residents. The nature and scale of the program, and the context prompting the MP's statement, were not detailed in available reporting.
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Police in Khanna, Punjab, India have reportedly used facial recognition technology to identify suspects, marking what local sources describe as a first for the state's law enforcement.
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A Guardian opinion piece, illustrated by First Dog on the Moon, takes a satirical look at the push to deploy facial recognition technology widely in retail settings as a response to shoplifting concerns.
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Sainsbury's staff removed an innocent shopper from one of its stores after a facial recognition system incorrectly flagged them as a person of concern, marking at least a second known incident of this kind at the UK supermarket chain.
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Major supermarket chains in Australia are reported to be looking into using facial recognition technology in their stores. No specific implementation details or timelines have been disclosed.
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Meta has filed a patent related to its smart glasses that involves facial recognition technology, reviving concerns about real-time identification capabilities built into consumer wearables.
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Amazon's facial recognition tool Rekognition is under legal scrutiny in a lawsuit involving a false arrest. The case appears to center on whether an incorrect match by the system led to someone being wrongly detained.
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Australia's two largest supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths, are trialing facial recognition technology in their stores, citing an increase in retail crime as the driver.
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Australia's two dominant supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths, are testing facial recognition technology in their stores. Details about the scope, purpose, or stage of the trials are limited, but the testing has drawn enough attention to be reported by national broadcaster ABC News.
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A third gay bar in San Francisco has suspended its use of facial recognition technology following privacy concerns. The pause reflects growing pushback against biometric surveillance in LGBTQ+ spaces in the city.
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A campaign called 'Ban the Scan' is gaining traction in opposition to facial recognition technology used at Madison Square Garden. The push reflects growing public and political pressure to restrict how private venues deploy biometric surveillance on the people who attend their events.
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Pressure is growing to restrict or ban the facial recognition and surveillance systems used by Madison Square Garden, which critics have described as a surveillance empire operating inside a major public venue.
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