Advertisement
Advertisement
TOPIC

Facial recognition

Facial recognition
Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on facial recognition technology, its development, application and concerns over its use.
A security camera equipped with facial recognition AI stands in front of the JR Nippori Station in Tokyo’s Arakawa ward. Photo: Kyodo
Japan

Privacy fears as Japan uses AI facial recognition cameras to find missing people

Police stations in Tokyo’s Arakawa ward receive about 100 reports each year of missing children and elderly people with dementia.

Hong Kong police

Editorial | Smooth roll-out of surveillance tech will help Hong Kong combat crime

Artificial intelligence

SenseTime pushes open-source AI model to provide a ‘smart brain’ for every robot

Crime in Hong Kong

Editorial | Police CCTV coverage must be expanded with care, ensuring data security

While police figures on the effectiveness of camera surveillance speak for themselves, it must be rolled out with care amid privacy concerns.

A camera sits on a police vehicle at the police headquarters on July 23, during a media briefing on the “SmartView” surveillance system. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police could deploy facial recognition tech in CCTVs by end of year

Technology will enable officers to identify suspects and missing people in real time, and force will also install surveillance cameras on patrol cars.

19
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong lawmakers call for facial recognition system at upgraded land crossing

Hong Kong lawmakers give initial nod to HK$1.75 billion funding for Huanggang border crossing upgrade.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
China technology

Editorial | Facial recognition in China calls for protective measures

Hong Kong needs to bear this in mind as mainland China brings in new rules to ease public concerns.

Companies that use face recognition technology will find themselve under new regulations in China soon. Photo: Shutterstock

No facial recognition without consent: China lays down the law on pervasive tech

Measures from cyberspace regulator and police ministry taking effect on June 1 mark first major attempt to regulate widely used technology.

videocam
Wearables

These AR glasses can tell you names and addresses of people you meet

Two students created augmented reality smart glasses that identify people they see, exposing the risks of mixing AI with facial recognition.

Artificial intelligence

Founder of Alibaba-backed AI firm named chairman at Chinese carmaker Lifan

In July, Megvii signed a deal with Geely and a local tech hub to develop internet-connected intelligent cars and AI projects in Chongqing.

Megvii, founded in 2011, was one of China’s first major companies to develop facial recognition systems. Photo: Handout
Cybersecurity

China’s leading apps, including WeChat and Taobao, test proposed cyber ID system

More than 50 apps recently started accepting virtual IDs created under this proposed authentication system for user account registration and login.

Legal experts have expressed concerns over the proposed regulation’s implications on mainland app users’ privacy and government oversight. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Ex-IBM scientist helms Shanghai AI Lab after death of SenseTime’s Tang

Zhou Bowen, former chief scientist of IBM’s Watson Group, has been appointed director at one of China’s top AI research institutions.

China society

Opinion | How China can face up to accusations of mass surveillance

The rollback of face scanning in hotels across the country is a good start. Citizens’ concerns about privacy in sectors including finance and transport must also be addressed.

videocam
SenseTime

Chinese AI giant SenseTime suspends trading as shares surge more than 30%

SenseTime’s shares gained as much as 36 per cent after the company launched the latest iteration of its SenseNova large language model.

Chinese artificial intelligence champion SenseTime halted trading in Hong Kong on Wednesday, pending a company announcement. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s Communist Party

China’s premier, top officials pay tribute to late AI visionary Tang Xiao’ou

Li Qiang, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang among Chinese leaders paying respects to the leading facial recognition expert and SenseTime co-founder, who died Friday.

videocam
5
Top Chinese officials paid tributes on Tuesday to the late SenseTime co-founder Tang Xiao’ou, who died Friday from an undisclosed illness. Photo: Weibo/SenseTime
Artificial intelligence

AI advances boost online disinformation, censorship and surveillance: report

Generative AI-based tools were used in at least 16 countries to distort information on political or social issues over the period June 2022 to May 2023, according to the annual Freedom on Net report.

videocam
Hong Kong economy

UAE economy minister to hold talks with Hong Kong hi-tech AI company SenseTime

Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri says one reason for trip to Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong is to meet city tech firms that can broaden UAE’s oil-based economy.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
X (formerly Twitter)

Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will add voice and video calls

Musk says the app’s voice and video calls will work on Apple and Android devices, as well as on computers.

The X logo is seen on the account of its owner Elon Musk. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
China technology

China to tighten the rules on use of facial recognition technology

Tech can only be used to process biometric data in ‘certain conditions’ and when there is ‘sufficient’ need, according to draft rules.

videocam
US-China relations

North Koreans who fled to China may be sent back to harsh fate, US panel hears

Up to 2,000 North Koreans were arrested after escaping to China during the coronavirus pandemic, and many are now languishing in camps near the Chinese border.

videocam
9
Science

Opinion | In technological race for convenience, we must not leave privacy in the dust

China and other countries are quickly adopting biometric payment methods, digital currency and IoT tech for everyday needs, but many worry progress comes at a cost.

videocam
Passengers who register their palm prints can pay for rides on Beijing’s Daxing Airport Express line using only their hands at designated turnstiles. Photo: Handout
Singapore

‘Like being in a fishbowl’: spotlight on prisoners’ privacy in Singapore

Constant surveillance with cameras using facial recognition technology violates prisoners’ privacy and increases risk of bias against minority communities, advocates say. And it’s not just Singapore.

AI security cameras using facial recognition technology are displayed at a product exhibition in China. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Science

How Chinese students made an ‘invisibility cloak’ that evades security cameras

The InvisDefense coat allows the wearer to be seen but not detected as human, with implications for anti-drone tech and the battlefield.

videocam
7
Australia

Australia bets on facial recognition to deter problem gamblers

Despite concerns about privacy and surveillance, the tech – which uses AI to identify addicts who have asked to be barred from betting sites – will target problem gambling in a country where the addiction affects some 1 per cent of the population.

videocam
Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI giant Megvii said to implement fresh round of lay-offs

Speculation about retrenchment of workers in China’s AI industry reflects the uncertainties brought by US trade sanctions and further restrictions imposed by Washington.

videocam
The latest round of lay-offs at Megvii Technology is just “normal personnel adjustment”, according to a company representative. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

US unveils artificial intelligence ‘Bill of Rights’ to safeguard civil rights

The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights does not set out specific enforcement actions, instead serving as guidance for the federal government.

videocam
A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in a dense crowd at the Horizon Robotics exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2019. Photo: TNS
Video gaming

Young video gamers deterred by China’s harsh rules, but loopholes remain

Gamers aged between six and 17 totalled 83 million in China this year, down from 122 million two years ago, according to Niko Partners.

videocam
Surveillance

‘Orwellian’ facial recognition cameras in UK stores challenged by rights group

Big Brother Watch urged Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Southern Co-operative’s use of biometric scans, which monitors for blacklisted customers, violates data laws.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement