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Facial recognition arms race

From Bruce Schneier: “The Chinese facial recognition company Hanwang claims it can recognize people wearing masks.” With 95 percent accuracy.

Hanwang’s system works for masked faces by trying to guess what all the faces in its existing database of photographs would look like if they were masked.

Facial Recognition for People Wearing Masks

Author Holmes IVPosted on March 26, 2020Categories artificial intelligence, privacy

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