Category: faces

Homeland Security doesn’t want Americans’ airport face scans after all

Post author By Randall
Post date December 5, 2019
Categories In aclu, biometric, border, cbp, customs and border protection, entry-exit, face scan, faces, facial recognition, homeland security, Politics, Privacy, scan, Security, Tech, tomorrow, travelers

[ad_1] In a statement provided to Engadget, a CBP spokesperson said: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection is using biometric facial comparison technology to facilitate the entry and exit of international travelers while meeting the Congressional mandate to implement a biometric entry-exit system. U.S. citizens are out of scope of the mandated biometric entry-exit program. However, […]

These deepfake celebrity impressions are equally amazing and alarming

Post author By Randall
Post date October 11, 2019
Categories In celebrity, deepfake, deepfakes, faces, gear, impressions, Internet, jim meskimen, software, Tech, tomorrow, Video

[ad_1] The video speaks to Meskimen’s talent as an impressionist but also to the capability of deepfake software. It proves how well the tech is able to blur the line between what’s real and what isn’t. Though, it still takes a ton of work. According to Sham00k, the full video took just over 250 hours […]

Adobe trained AI to detect facial manipulation in Photoshop

Post author By Randall
Post date June 14, 2019
Categories In adobe, Ai, convolution neural network, deepfake, detection, face away liquify, faces, facial expressions, gear, image manipulation, Internet, machine learning, photoshop, Research, Robots, Security, Tech, tomorrow, tool, uc berkeley

[ad_1] The team trained a convolutional neural network (CNN) to spot changes in images made with Photoshop’s Face Away Liquify feature, which was designed to change people’s eyes, mouth and other facial features. When put to the test, the neural network detected altered images up to 99 percent of the time. In comparison, people who […]