Facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. SureID, a fingerprint services vendor based in Portland, Ore., announced a partnership with Robbie.AI, a Boston-based developer of a facial recognition system. The partners aim to combine fingerprint and facial data to more effectively authenticate employees in workplace settings. Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have poured vast resources into theoretical research in the related fields of artificial intelligence, image recognition and face analysis.
Source: https://threatpost.com/new-boom-in-facial-recognition-tech-prompts-privacy-alarms/138979/