A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress at recognizing masked faces. “Some newer ...

At RSAC 2026, a live demo showed how easily AI tools can bypass facial recognition systems once considered secure.

Humans have an uncanny ability to recognize faces. Decades of research on the topic have revealed how good we are at recognizing faces across changes in viewpoint, expression, even age. We learn to ...

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ORLEANS POLICE CATCH FUGITIVES, STOP CRIME TRACK AND TERROR SUSPECTS IN REAL TIME. BUT TODAY, THAT ALERT SYSTEM IS SILENT TO NOPD. CASSIE SCHERM INVESTIGATES WHY IT WAS PAUSED AND WHAT THE CITY MAY BE ...

I always knew that recognizing people was not something I was particularly good at. Growing up, I made sense of this the way I made sense of being good at spelling but not at soccer. I assumed that ...