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BIOMETRICS

Face biometrics use cases outnumbered only by important considerations

Louisiana bill would bring biometric age checks to bars

EU pushes AI Act deadlines for high-risk systems, including biometrics

New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps

UK project uses supercomputers, synthetic data to improve emotion recognition

Agentic AI pushes financial sector toward continuous identity

UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills

How AI “Sycophancy” Warps Human Judgment

A new study finds that AI chatbots are “sycophants” that affirm users 49% more than humans do. This constant flattery makes users more certain of their own biases and less likely to repair real-world relationships.

Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban

After Anthropic’s weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while the judicial process plays out. “The Department of War’s records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its ‘hostile manner […]

Instagram Pushes Antisemitic Videos to Hundreds of Millions of Users, Report Finds

Instagram actively recommends bigoted content to its users, according to newly published research from a leading antisemitism watchdog group. The…

A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation

David Futrelle

A jury finds big tech liable for programming addictive features into platforms—and that’s basically the business model for companion bots.

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Growing role of biometrics in everyday life demands urgent deepfake response

Biometrics are becoming more entrenched a couple of market segments, though not as fast as some would like. […]

Meta’s court losses could be just the beginning

Social media companies have long seemed impervious to legal threats. Meta, YouTube, Snap, and the rest have long waved off criticism of their platforms on free speech and Section 230 grounds. But twice this week, juries rendered verdicts against the platforms, not because of some bad videos but because of the design and structure of […]