Imagine facial recognition technology capable of identifying faces turned at any angle, or even faces partially obscured from view. Three researchers from Yahoo Labs and Stanford University have ...

Back in 2001, two computer scientists, Paul Viola and Michael Jones, triggered a revolution in the field of computer face detection. After years of stagnation, their breakthrough was an algorithm that ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Face masks are one of the best defenses against the spread of COVID-19, but their growing adoption is having a ...

Google has used feedback from the Early Access program to tune its AI models around vision. The Familiar Face algorithm will ...

A new government study found that wearing face masks makes it harder for facial recognition algorithms to recognize people. The typical error rate for most facial ...

Face detection software has slowly crept into mainstream use, from Facebook photo tagging to Android phone unlocking, but new research looks set to move the technology on significantly. Scientists at ...

Facial-recognition algorithms from Los Angeles startup TrueFace are good enough that the US Air Force uses them to speed security checks at base entrances. But CEO Shaun Moore says he’s facing a new ...

Researchers have now taught an AI algorithm to model first impressions and accurately predict how people will be perceived based on a photograph of their face. When two people meet, they instantly ...