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Use of AI Facial Recognition by Rite Aid Banned by the FTC
This week, let’s consider the recent action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposing a five-year ban on Rite Aid's use of AI facial recognition technology.
Getting Smarter about AI: A Guide for Legal Professionals
This week, let’s focus on what lawyers need to know to become smarter about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in law practice.
Janus - Use of Facial Recognition Expanded by the TSA
This week, let’s consider the Janus-faced tension between privacy and security as the TSA expands its use of facial recognition technologies in airports (while keeping its privacy policy far from a model of completeness).
The Perfect Storm: Facial Recognition
As Clearview AI expands and Texas sues Meta/Facebook for violations of its biometric privacy law, let's consider whether government is ignoring its role in perpetuating the problems associated with facial recognition.
Privacy and the First Amendment
This week, let’s consider the looming conflict between privacy and the First Amendment as Clearview AI — a controversial start-up that sells a facial recognition technology built on photos scraped from the internet — reportedly prepares a First Amendment defense.
A New Study on Privacy and Bias in Facial Recognition Technologies
This week, we highlight a new facial recognition study on privacy and bias released by the RAND Corporation.
Clear Views about Clearview AI
This week, we highlight lawsuits brought against facial recognition technology provider Clearview AI, and offer some suggestions about the procurement of privacy-invasive technologies.
Freezing Facial Recognition – Let’s Revisit
This week, we re-visit and repeat our May 25th call to freeze face-recognition (and other advanced biometric) technologies as we highlight recent news reflecting how the chorus is growing louder in demanding a moratorium on such technologies.
It’s Time to Freeze Facial Recognition
This week, we call on Congress to temporarily halt use of facial recognition systems, including biometrics.
Facial Recognition Banned in San Francisco
This week, San Francisco became the first US city to ban the use of facial-recognition technology by police and local government agencies.