Facial recognition & NIST – Fake news or old views?

By Tony Porter, Chief Privacy Officer at Corsight AI
The focus on tests conducted in 2019 skews the debate --  Facial recognition technology algorithms have advanced rapidly since then and public commentators, civil rights groups and lawmakers need to reflect that.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) program has for many years been the most respected independent and authoritative evaluator of facial recognition algorithms anywhere in the world. The FRVT program examines FR …

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