AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city’s ‘watch list’ of faces

Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" ...
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 ...
Wired

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

Autumn Gardiner thought updating her driving license would be straightforward. After getting married last year, she headed to the local Department of Motor Vehicles office in Connecticut to get her ...
The Conversation

How safe is your face? The pros and cons of having facial recognition everywhere

Joanne Orlando receives funding from NSW Department of Education and previously from office of eSafety Commissioner. Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or scroll through your social ...
InfoQ

Hugging Face Brings Open-Source LLMs to GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code

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Android Authority

Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming

Google has delayed releasing the source code for Android 16 QPR1, worrying custom ROM developers who rely on timely AOSP (Android Open Source Project) updates. While Google typically publishes source ...
InfoQ

Hugging Face Introduces AI Sheets, a No-Code Tool for Dataset Transformation

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The New York Times

How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

Trevis Williams is eight inches taller than a man accused of flashing a woman in Union Square in February. The police arrested him anyway. Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times Supported by ...
Geeky Gadgets

3 Ways to Build ACTUALLY Beautiful Websites Using Claude Code

What if building a truly beautiful website wasn’t just about aesthetics but about creating an experience that feels seamless, engaging, and uniquely yours? Too often, web design is seen as a daunting ...
Los Angeles Times

Brandi Glanville suffers facial burns after Nair experiment goes awry

An experiment intended to rid “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Brandi Glanville of a facial parasite left the former reality TV star with chemical burns. In a short video posted to TikTok ...