Clearview AI Inc. is asking the Seventh Circuit to postpone the legal effect of its recent decision to admit a lawsuit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in a state court until the Supreme Court has a chance to decide whether to take the case.
A judge approved one of the largest privacy lawsuits to date, giving Facebook a thumbs up on Friday to pay $ 650 million to users who claimed the company had scanned their faces without permission.
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-privacy-lawsuit-over-facial-recognition-leads-to-650m-settlement/
Elevators that respond to voice commands, cameras that notify store managers when shelves need to be replenished, and video streams that monitor everything from cash registers to parking availability.
Bugs with camera backpacks and moths driving tiny cars are the result of real insect experiments.
https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-build-robot-that-hears-through-the-ear-of-a-dead-locust
Digital rights advocates Tuesday condemned the installation of facial recognition technology in at least a dozen schools in Delhi, calling the initiative "overreach" by Indian authorities and an invasion of children's privacy.
