US facial recognition developers jockey for position in NIST accuracy testing

U.S. developers do not appear among the first seven algorithms of the leaderboard for the Face Recognition Vendor Test for verification posted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology on June 16. Only 2 appear among the top 20, overall.

A handful of vendors based in America show up among the leaders in face biometrics accuracy, however, in the NIST FRVT 1:1 Verification, and multiple startups have made impressive showings.

An algorithm submitted on May 10 by …

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