Megha Paul / Tech.eu:
Alcatraz AI, which develops AI-powered, facial recognition-based building access control systems, raised a $25M Series A led by Almaz Capital — Alcatraz AI aims to transform the experience of entering spaces in the most highly secure manner, while enabling a completely passive …
Heather Murphy / New York Times:
A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks — More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition. The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed.
Wall Street Journal:
New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on the alleged use of facial recognition to deny access to ticket holders — Probe related to company’s alleged use of the technology to bar certain ticket holders from its venues
Weronika Strzyżyńska / The Guardian:
The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition on public transport to identify women who are not complying with its strict new hijab laws — Government says it will use technology on public transport in crackdown on women’s dress — The Iranian government is planning …
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent — State alleges tech giant didn’t obtain user consent for biometric-data use — The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 2.32%▲ …
Megha Paul / Tech.eu:
Paris-based Prophesee, a fabless semiconductor startup building neuromorphic vision systems, raised a €50M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~€130M — By utilising neuromorphic techniques to mimic the way that human brain and eye work, its event based Metavision technology …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Deepgram, which is building enterprise voice-recognition tech, raised a $47M Series B extension led by Madrona Venture Group, bringing its total funding to $86M — Deepgram, a company developing voice-recognition tech for the enterprise, today raised $47 million in new funding led …
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