Advances in image recognition software could increase accuracy of...
Two separate research teams working independently of one another have developed artificial intelligence software that is able to not only accurately recognize content of photographs and video, it is...
View ArticleAndroid app FotoTiger uses facial recognition technology for photo management
Face recognition software developer Applied Recognition announced it has launched FotoTiger for Facebook, a free Android app that allows Facebook users to take, tag, sort, and securely share photos...
View ArticleNIST workshop discusses new approaches to improving tattoo recognition
An international group of experts from industry, academia and government participated in National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Tattoo Recognition Technology Challenge Workshop in...
View ArticleMorphoTrak tattoo recognition algorithm places first in NIST evaluation
MorphoTrak announced that its tattoo recognition algorithm placed first in National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) “Tattoo Recognition Technology – Challenge (Tatt-C)” evaluation. Each...
View ArticleGoogle, Movidius aims to make smartphones see on their own
Google is working with Movidius to incorporate powerful image recognition technology into smartphones. The two companies entered into an agreement whereby Google will source Movidius processors along...
View ArticleGoogle opens its Cloud Vision API to beta development
Last week, Google made its beta release of its Cloud Vision API open to the general public. Demonstrably, Google’s Cloud Vision API is the first known instance of selling commoditized artificial...
View ArticleConfirm releases ID verification SDK for improved facial authentication
Confirm released its ID verification SDK, enabling consumers to capture a more accurate image of a government issued ID from a mobile device for improved facial authentication capabilities. The...
View ArticleCanadian university prof wins grant for machine vision technology research
Graham Taylor, an engineering professor at the University of Guelph will share $550,000 in federal funding for a three-year international research project intended to help make machine vision...
View ArticleFacebook AI technology describes photos to blind users
Earlier this week, Facebook introduced a new feature for iOS users who are visually impaired that reads the contents of web pages aloud, according to a report by Fortune. Dubbed automatic alternative...
View ArticleAI-based image recognition startup Orbeus quietly acquired by Amazon last fall
Earlier this week it was revealed that Amazon quietly acquired image recognition startup Orbeus last fall for an unknown amount, according to unnamed sources cited in a report by Bloomberg. Orbeus’...
View ArticleReport forecasts image recognition market to double by 2020
Research firm MarketsandMarkets recently forecasted that the image recognition market is expected to more than double worldwide to $30 billion. Markets and Markets details these findings in its new...
View ArticleNIST studying biometric matching algorithms for tattoo database
According to a report in ITNews, computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will soon begin the second round of an independent study into which biometric matching...
View ArticleU.S. intelligence community examining video analytics
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), a division of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will host a Proposers’ Day Conference for the Deep Intermodal Video...
View ArticleTwitter acquires machine learning startup for $150 million
Twitter is acquiring Magic Pony Technology, a London-based startup that specializes in Machine learning, for $150 million, according to two separate sources cited in a report by Techcrunch. This marks...
View ArticleResearchers train software to recognize pixelated faces
A team of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin and Cornell Tech have trained software to read or see what’s meant to be hidden in images, enabling it to read blurred or pixelated images of...
View ArticleHashching pilots biometric identity verification to allow brokers to satisfy...
Hashching, a website for Australian home buyers to choose mortgage brokers, will begin to pilot a biometric identity verification service this weekend that would allow brokers on its platform to...
View ArticleSighthound cloud-based AI vehicle detection solution features facial recognition
Sighthound, Inc. released a new AI-based vehicle detection and recognition engine for its Sighthound Cloud API service, which can analyze an image and return the make, model, and color of the vehicle...
View ArticleRemark Media to provide AI technologies to Alibaba Cloud’s developer network
Remark Media has been chosen by Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, to provide its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to Alibaba Cloud’s developer network. As part of the...
View ArticleHitachi releases new video analytics software for smart cities and digital...
Hitachi Insight Group, Hitachi Ltd.’s global unified internet of things (IoT) business and go-to-market (GTM) unit, released new video analytics software to improve and expand on its Smart City and...
View ArticleChina investing heavily into AI
China will boost growth of its artificial intelligence sector over the next three years, through a specific innovation program. Last year, China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform...
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