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Meta’s new smart glasses could have one big change. It just might make them more socially acceptable

A new report suggests that Meta may be taking privacy concerns more seriously than before.

Is your boss watching your face? The next frontier of workplace surveillance

Big tech is quietly patenting facial emotion tracking – and your everyday desktop could be the next testing ground for workplace AI surveillance.

The Internet is starting to card everyone. These startups are making millions from it

Age-verification systems are increasingly sophisticated. They're lucrative for the businesses creating them, too.

US Secret Service testing face-scanning app to probe, stop threats

The US Secret Service has begun using a face-scanning mobile phone application similar to a tool that federal immigration agents have for months wielded to identify people as part of a mass deportation effort.

How a US startup is using AI to stop human trafficking

Human trafficking networks are complex. But for more than a decade, artificial intelligence has helped one Pittsburgh startup unravel the complexity to spot trends that can help rescue victims and even prosecute those responsible for their exploitation.

China public servants use face masks to bypass facial recognition to help each other skip work

Local level government staff make printouts of colleagues' faces to circumvent clocking-in system, triggering backlash.

From beaches to ski slopes, photos show how cameras keep watch all over China

The Chinese government has blanketed the country with the world's largest network of surveillance cameras.

UK use of AI age estimation tech on migrants fuels rights fears

UK to use facial recognition tech to decide ages of lone child asylum seekers but critics say biases could rob many of safeguards.

Streamlined Foreign Digital Identity for foreign visitors to be introduced, says Home Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: A Foreign Digital Identity (FDID) comprising fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition of foreign visitors is set to be introduced, says the Home Ministry.

AI-enhanced bodycams among advanced police gear China shows developing nations

China has showcased and marketed a range of new public security equipment, including AI-assisted facial recognition surveillance devices, in an exhibition for police forces in developing countries.