It’s time for Amazon to head back to the drawing board. The mega company headed by world’s richest man Jeff Bezos has been busy developing recognition software that could be used for surveillance, ...

Amazon Ring's new facial recognition feature sparks privacy controversy as Electronic Frontier Foundation critics argue the ...

Despite pressure from civil rights groups, activist investors and its own employees, Amazon said Wednesday that shareholders at an annual meeting in Seattle voted against proposals related to two ...

Massachusetts's American Civil Liberties Union chapter revealed Amazon’s “Rekognition” technology falsely linked the faces of 27 professional athletes in New England to mugshots in a criminal database ...

Amazon Rekognition is based on highly scalable, deep learning technology, as developed by Amazon’s computer vision scientists. The system is used to analyze billions of images and videos daily.

Amazon-owned Ring is now rolling out “Familiar Faces,” one of its most controversial AI features, to video doorbell owners in the U.S. This new, AI-powered system uses facial recognition technology to ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Amazon is marketing its facial recognition ...

Amazon on Wednesday announced a one-year ban on letting police use its facial recognition technology, calling for strong government regulations for its ethical use. Amazon said in a blog post that the ...

An ex-employee has accused Amazon of breaching UK sanctions by selling facial recognition technology to Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine, The Financial Times reported. Charles Forrest alleged ...

Your doorbell may soon greet your visitors by name… whether you want it to or not. Amazon’s Ring is rolling out a facial recognition feature called Familiar Faces. And while it promises helpful alerts ...