NIST in the spotlight for facial recognition standards; some say it’s too much

When will the U.S.' chief standards organization reach a limit in what it can do to give the facial recognition industry a coherent foundation on which to grow?

That might be unknowable, but the AI community has begun asking if the National Institute of Standards and Technology is becoming overly saturated with priorities, new lab work, governance policies and end-product reports.

Even as stated here, NIST's responsibilities are oversimplified. Staff work on issues and standards that span biometrics. …

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