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ChatGPT facial recognition potential makes OpenAI nervous
ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered large language model, can analyze images including recognizing and describing people’s faces. But OpenAI, the company...
 
TikTok passkeys rollout snubs US, feds seek commercial phishing options
TikTok has had its share of security concerns, but this week it launched passkeys on iOS devices, allowing users to...
FaceTec posts another quarter of major revenue gains, reveals BixeLab evaluation
FaceTec says revenues from its face biometrics and liveness detection software increased by 72 percent, year over year, in the...
 
Startup’s doorbell would match a visitor biometrics to social media
A doorbell company wants to enable its buyers to identify visitors against images from social networks such as Facebook and...
Facia raises $1.2M for R&D, international expansion and passes iBeta liveness test
UK startup Facia has raised $1.2 million in an early funding round, with plans to invest in liveness detection capabilities...
 
Socure teams up with digital lending platform on customer onboarding for financial firms
Digital identity verification platform provider Socure is teaming up with California-based digital lending company MeridianLink to help financial services companies...
Keyo launches handheld palm vein biometrics scanner into fast-growing market
A new device has been launched by Keyo to bring seamless biometric identification to a range of use cases, including...
 
Finding a coherent framework for age verification to keep kids safe online
A June 2023 policy paper on age verification to keep kids safe online proposes a framework for regulators to develop...
ID R&D and Anonybit analyze deepfake threat to biometrics and how to mitigate it
Amid the furor over generative AI’s power to create and imitate content, from still images and audio clips to lengthy...
 
UK updates penalties for breaking biometrics rules for digital visas
Governments continue to pursue secure systems for biometric immigration control, but human opportunism remains a problem. This week the UK...
More research using ears as identifiers shows low false positives
Researchers continue to look at human ears as a biometric identifier and the results continue to look promising. A new,...
 
Millions in biometric data privacy lawsuit settlements continue to pile up
It’s another busy day for biometric privacy plaintiffs in the U.S. state of Illinois. A regional grocery chain and Instagram...
Identity verification startup Bureau completes $16M series A funding round
Bureau, an identity verification company, has announced the completion of its $16.5 million series A funding round after adding $4.5...
 
Sports betting is huge, and so are its verification needs
Brazilians needing another category of advertising during sports broadcasts can rest easy. Sports betting (and all that ad revenue) could...
  NSW advances digital ID accessibility, while Australian govt changes horses midstream
  Scottish police reprimanded for illegally storing biometrics
  Eurostar officially launches SmartCheck biometric gates
  Biometric payments grow in fast food, but threatened by online ordering
  Megvii still wants IPO; execs filing $840M offering
  Biometric voter machines feature in Nigeria’s post-election litigations
Biometrics White Papers
Biometric ad hoc testing: When the standards don’t meet your goals
Biometrics testing is an important aspect of the security industry, particularly in the field of authentication and access control. Traditionally,...
 
Ensuring trustworthy digital identities
In today’s interconnected world, trust plays a crucial role in online transactions and relationships that rely on it. Establishing trust...
From good to great: The right biometrics capabilities for better banking
The banking industry was already a major user of biometric solutions before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic accelerated the...
 
Biometrics and bias: The science of inclusivity
An in-depth conversation with digital identity experts Stephen Ritter, Chief Technology Officer at Mitek and Alexey Khitrov, CEO and co-founder...
Events and Webinars
Zero Trust Government Symposium
  July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023
Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks
  July 20, 2023 - July 21, 2023
Will deepfakes deep-six biometrics?
  July 27, 2023
4th Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  August 2, 2023 - August 3, 2023
Cyber DSA 2023
  August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023
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