Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) is a central concern of the European Commission's proposed AI regulation. To successfully comply, tech providers will need to build tailored approaches to risk management and quality processes. In partnership with industry, government and civil society, the World Economic Forum has developed an audit framework and certification scheme for tech providers.
Facial recognition technology has the potential to help conduct faster investigations, bring offenders to justice and, thus, resolve, stop and prevent crimes. Eventual widespread use by law enforcement agencies raises concerns over the potential risk of wrongful arrests, surveillance and human rights violations. A new white paper from the World Economic Forum, in partnership with the ...
A software engineer works on a facial recognition program that identifies people when they wear a face mask at the development lab of the Chinese electronics manufacturer Hanwang (Hanvon) Technology in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China, March 6, 2020. Picture taken March 6, 2020.
Megvii Technology Face++ (Megvii) was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Zhongguancun. Face++ is a leader in the machinery visual artificial intelligence (AI) industry and face recognition systems.
India has begun to use technology to reunite lost children with their families, and the process can be as swift as a few days. Police in New Delhi recently trialled facial recognition technology and identified almost 3,000 missing children in four days. The software scanned the pictures of 45,000 children living in children’s homes and ...
Facial recognition technology requires a robust governing structure While the development of this technology creates considerable opportunities for the transportation industry, it also raises serious governance challenges for passengers and citizens alike.
Biometric technology helps identify deepfakes, but it must go beyond fingerprints and facial recognition to confirm that an identity is a real, live person.
The Netherlands police will pilot the paper’s framework. “Around the world, law enforcement agencies are rapidly adopting facial recognition technology as part of their investigations, but this comes with risks for citizens,” said Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum.
World Economic Forum report outlines a set of nine principles for the responsible use of facial recognition technology in law enforcement investigations
For instance, according to the paper, researchers at a major U.S. technology company claimed an accuracy rate of more than 97 percent for a face-recognition system they’d designed. But the data set used to assess its performance was more than 77 percent male and more than 83 percent white.
