Meet The Fish That Can Recognize Human Faces — A Biologist Explains

A clever tropical fish has flipped how biologists are thinking about memory, brains and visual recognition in the animal ...

Wegmans is scanning your face at some stores. It’s not the only company

Wegmans, the supermarket chain known for its cult-like following, angered some loyalists after revealing it uses facial recognition technology at New York City stores.
9to5google

Gemini for Home camera updates improve Familiar Face, animal detection, more

The latest Gemini for Home updates are focused on camera improvements for Nest and other compatible devices. Google has used feedback from the Early Access program to tune its AI models around vision.
IEEE

YOLOv9-Based Human Face Detection and Counting Under Human-Animal Faces, Complex Imaging Environments, and Image Qualities

Abstract: Automatic human face detection and counting can play a vital role in the recognition and tracking of infant and adult faces in both outdoor and indoor human surveillance applications and ...
NPR

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

Ailsa Ostovitz has been accused of using AI on three assignments in two different classes this school year. "It's mentally exhausting because it's like I know this is my work," says Ostovitz, 17. "I ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot

Microsoft has cut its sales targets for its agentic AI software after struggling to find buyers interested in using it. In some cases, targets have been slashed by up to 50%, suggesting Microsoft ...
Morningstar

Ant International Wins Champion of NeurIPS Competition of Fairness in AI Face Detection

Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation, and financial technology provider, has won first place at the NeurIPS Competition of Fairness in AI Face Detection. This press ...
New York Post

YouTube’s deepfake detection tool could allow Google to use creators’ faces to train AI bots: report

Experts are sounding the alarm over YouTube’s deepfake detection tool — a new safety feature that could allow Google to train its own AI bots with creators’ faces, according to a report. The tool ...
Los Angeles Times

EV sticker shock: Solo drivers using California carpool lanes face hefty fines

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Solo EV drivers using California carpool lanes will face ticketing beginning Monday as the perk disappears. Though ...
IEEE

Robust Face Recognition Using Deep Learning and Ensemble Classification

Abstract: Facial recognition systems are widely used in various applications such as security, healthcare, and authentication, but face significant challenges in uncontrolled environments. Poor ...
Futurism

Scientists Say Their AI System Can Scan Your Face to Detect Whether a Company Should Hire You

If you thought your credit score was invasive, just wait until companies are judging you based on your mug alone. It’s hard to imagine why anyone would ask such a question, but here we are anyway. The ...
Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...