Futurism

White House Uses AI to Alter Protester’s Face So That She’s Sobbing, Instead of Looking Brave, During Arrest

The White House published an image on X featuring an AI-altered image of an ICE protester crying during her arrest.

ICE shunned body cams in Minnesota. So why are agents using phone cameras?

Federal immigration agents are using phone cameras for facial recognition software, to document their actions and to produce ...

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 ...
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 ...
The New York Times

Flying Abroad? Get Ready for a Biometric ‘Corridor.’

New facial-recognition tools being tested at Orlando International Airport could soon be keeping track of travelers at departure gates across the country. By Christine Chung Reporting from Orlando, ...
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 ...
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

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 ...
WBEZ

ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight

The Trump administration has wiped a facial recognition policy from its website while further embracing the controversial technology and securing a $9 million contract with a company barred from ...
TechCrunch

YouTube’s likeness-detection technology has officially launched

YouTube revealed on Tuesday that its likeness-detection technology has officially rolled out to eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program, following a pilot phase. The technology allows ...