The consumer DNA harvesting king exposed 6.9 million people’s data. We’ll never know exactly what goes wrong from here.
The first-of-its-kind order calls on tech companies to develop tools to ensure their AI systems are safe, trustworthy, and protect against unintentional bias.
Police say they will deploy drones to monitor large crowds and even large parties in backyards over the Labor Day weekend.
The games rating agency proposed using facial age estimation to scan selfies but said it would not stop kids from playing restrictively rated games.
The MTA uses AI scanning software to track transit riders believed to have dodged fares. Civil liberties groups fear it could be a privacy disaster.
At a raucous city council hearing, lawmakers and activists alike argued in favor of bills banning biometric tech in residential buildings and large venues.
A robotic dog will be added to the New York Police Department this summer to combat crime in dangerous and potentially deadly situations.
The agency reportedly issued 172,679 custom summonses over six years to obtain data without warrants.
Clearview AI's CEO said police have used his tools over a million times and claimed his company's database of scraped social media images now tops 30 billion.
Newly unearthed papers show federal agencies testing facial recognition tools in subway cameras, street corners, and other public spaces.
Airbnb says banning people because they're closely associated with an already-banned user is necessary for safety. Advocacy groups questioned whether it's fair.
The agency says the new portable gunshot detection system can be moved by one or two officers without help from a technician.
A privacy expert told Gizmodo this was one of the first instances of a private firm using facial recognition to retaliate against an opposing lawyer.
A record number of travelers will have the option to skip security lines using the Transportation Security Administration's controversial biometric tech.
"If the city makes this high-stakes bet on casino surveillance, I worry they’ll gamble away the future of our public streets," said one privacy expert.
The White House's non-binding recommendations rely on developers' “proactive and continuous measures” to address algorithmic discrimination.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a multi-million dollar initiative to install surveillance cameras in every train car.
Privacy experts welcomed Flo’s efforts but told Gizmodo the mode isn't technically fully anonymous and should be applied by default.
More than a dozen organizations wrote to the DOE following new research detailing the near ubiquity of remote monitoring tech.
As part of its overhauled AI ethics policies, Microsoft will phase out public access to AI capabilities that attempt to infer emotions and identity attributes.
