#facialrecognition

#facialrecognition

Programmer Creates a Face-Controlled KeyboardThere are facial recognition systems that allow users to input data, such as blinking eyes. But programmer Everything Is Hacked wanted more options. He’s a new father, so he wants a way to type code silently so that he doesn’t disturb his baby. The result of his work is CheekyKeys.The facial recognition software assigns letters and coding commands to a variety of discrete facial gestures. This is slower than blinking, but is less exhausting.Everything Is Hacked then put his system to a serious stress test: he attended a virtual coding interview in which he demonstrated the system to, I gather, a interviewer who did not know that he wasn’t using a keyboard.

100 Billion Facial Photos: Facial Recognition Company Clearview AI Aims to Identify Almost Every Human on EarthIs this venture too ambitious or is it just straight-up problematic? Regardless of the potential privacy risks, we can all admit that this company has given itself a high goal to achieve. In a December 2021 financial presentation for its investors, facial recognition company Clearview AI announced that it aims to collect 100 billion photos to identify every human on Earth.While this announcement seems just a motivator for investors to provide funding for the company, the presentation claimed that Clearview already has 10 billion images and is adding 1.5 billion images a month. How did the company get these images? Well, according to the Washington Post, it’s all thanks to social networks. "Clearview has built its database by taking images from social networks and other online sources without the consent of the websites or the people who were photographed. Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube have demanded the company stop taking photos from their sites and delete any that were previously taken. Clearview has argued its data collection is protected by the First Amendment," the Post detailed. Yikes. Image credit: Wikimedia commons #artificialintelligence #ai #facialrecognition #ClearviewAI #images #photo