Biometric Update https://www.biometricupdate.com Biometrics News, Companies and Explainers Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:07:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 66434804 Growing role of biometrics in everyday life demands urgent deepfake response https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/growing-role-of-biometrics-in-everyday-life-demands-urgent-deepfake-response https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/growing-role-of-biometrics-in-everyday-life-demands-urgent-deepfake-response#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:07:41 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338283 Biometrics are becoming more entrenched a couple of market segments, though not as fast as some would like. The top stories of the week on Biometric Update also indicate another wave of adoption through smartphones – and attendant risks. Practical considerations for digital ID are coming to the for as adoption turns to everyday usefulness in Pakistan and Ethiopia, and EU Digital Identity Wallets offer a whole new set of opportunities, some of which are now more clearly defined. National-scale digital identity is a target for startup Idbio, while investors are betting on access control biometrics growth, explored in a new market report from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence, to benefit Alcatraz AI. Then there are the long-running dramas of the biometrics marketplace. The CEO of Europe’s largest airline group has some choice words for the rollout of the EU’s new biometric border control system. Portuguese officials told Biometric Update they do not expect any additional disruptions. But there is little doubt that EES is already leading to both delays and individuals deemed threats being caught trying to enter.

Government-issued digital IDs gain ground

NADRA has been instructed to work with Pakistan’s law enforcement community to ID and depart undocumented foreigners as part of a broad push to tighten identity security in the country. An upgraded version of the Pak ID mobile app, meanwhile, is intended to speed up visa applications. Ethiopians can now use their national digital ID for onboarding and to open accounts with Dashen Bank remotely. The integration marks the first between Fayda’s biometric database and a commercial bank, and is part of a larger digital payments rollout that also involves Mastercard. EUDI Wallets are inching closer to general availability, and ENISA has published a draft of its cybersecurity certification scheme for them, and the digital IDs that will go in them. The agency is seeking public feedback until the end of the month. The Implementing Act for remote user onboarding to the national digital identity wallets was published this week. The Act leaves the use of biometrics, and therefore AML compliance, optional, but includes rules that must be followed if they are. Moldova’s digital wallet is ready for public and private sector service providers to integrate with now, ahead of the launch of remote user onboarding in August.

Deepfakes get stronger and spread

Live deepfake tool JINKUSU CAM undermines the value of challenge prompts for liveness detection, and the KYC checks that depend on them, with real-time face manipulation. The  cybercrime-as-a-service means not just any PAD protection will work, and financial institutions and others relying on legacy biometric spoof defenses are vulnerable. iProov’s latest Threat Intelligence Report shows biometric injection attacks have spread to iOS, long a more trustworthy data-capture environment. A data breach at AI model-training company Mercor includes ID documents, face and voice biometrics. Reality Defender CEO Ben Colman warns that the incident could potentially lead to a wave of impersonation deepfake fraud. Deepfakes in the wild make up a good portion of the I.D. Risk Alerts newsletter from BixeLab for Q1 2026.

Biometric physical access control

Biometric physical access control will grow to a $9.8 billion market by 2028, according to the 2026 Biometric Physical Access Control Market Report & Buyer’s Guide from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence. The report, released this week, provides separate buyers’ guides for SMEs and enterprise buyers, and presents case studies from some of the top providers in the BPACS market. Alcatraz AI plans to reach new market verticals and geographies with its access control face biometrics, after raising $50 million in a series B funding round.

Early days

A range of technologies are candidates for inclusion in the anticipated automotive AI stack. Recent entries include patents and papers for lip-reading from Ford, emotion detection (with or without intoxication detection) and proprietary biometric driver identification from DriveBuddyAI. Startup Idbio has announced its presence in the biometrics market with strong debuts in NIST’s evaluations of iris biometrics and fingerprint recognition, and the entry of its ABIS into the MOSIP Marketplace. The company also provides face biometrics, which performed well in a UIDAI benchmark, and liveness detection. Wizz and the Tech Coalition tell the Biometric Update Podcast how the age appropriateness focused app utilizes Yoti’s age assurance technology and how the Coalition works with businesses to deploy such tools properly. Please tell us about any podcasts, thought leadership pieces or other content you think we should share with those in biometrics and the digital identity community in the comments below or via social media.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/growing-role-of-biometrics-in-everyday-life-demands-urgent-deepfake-response/feed 0 338283 PNG expands mandatory digital ID to businesses taking gov’t contracts https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/png-expands-mandatory-digital-id-to-businesses-taking-govt-contracts https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/png-expands-mandatory-digital-id-to-businesses-taking-govt-contracts#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:18:22 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338272 The government of Papua New Guinea is making its national digital ID a mandatory form of authentication for all business entities participating in state tenders.  The “digital wave” is no longer optional for the private sector, Peter Tsiamalili Jnr, acting minister for Information and Communications Technology, said on Tuesday. “Digital ID is a one-stop shop,” says Tsiamalili. “Going forward, every submission on any procurement will require a Digital ID to authenticate exactly who you are. If you have not accustomed yourself to where technology is heading, you will be left behind.” The Minister spoke during the Department of Works and Highways (DoWH) Contractors Conference. The introduction of digital IDs for businesses is intended to ensure transparency and reduce fraud. The move is in line with National Digital Identity Policy 2025, under which the government plans to issue a secure and interoperable digital ID to all citizens. PNG is currently rolling out the SevisPass Digital ID, which was first trialed in 2024 and launched last year. The digital ID will be used to access public services and conduct remote KYC checks for online bank accounts. In March, MiBank announced a pilot of digital bank account opening through the SevisWallet app. The country’s decentralized digital public infrastructure system is being built by Tech5, including both SevisPass and SevisWallet, which launched last year. Meanwhile, consultations are ongoing for the draft National Sovereign Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence Strategy, a national blueprint that aims to nationally integrate PNG’s digital government, digital public infrastructure, critical digital infrastructure and AI adoption. The draft strategy was made available for comment on March 23rd. “Its purpose is to move Papua New Guinea away from fragmented ICT projects and toward a single sovereign architecture… so that connectivity, compute, cloud, data, identity, payments, digital services, and AI operate as one coherent national system,” Minister Tsiamalili said during the introduction of the draft. According to the document, future AI use will be aligned with core digital public infrastructure (DPI) elements such as digital ID SevisPass, payment system SevisPay, data exchange system SevisDEx, digital wallet SevisWallet and SevisPortal. The draft strategy predicts a Single Enterprise Architecture for shared digital government services, including national systems such as eRecruitment, eProcurement, eBudget, eHR, and eFinance. To support the development of a national digital infrastructure, the country plans to establish a state-owned entity called Kumul Digital Infrastructure Holding Company (KDIHC). The strategy proposes allocating 1.5 percent of the 5.6 percent Connect PNG funding envelope specifically for critical digital infrastructure. The Connect PNG program is the government's primary infrastructure development program for the national road network. Backed by the Connect PNG (Funding and Implementation Arrangements) Act 2021, the program is supported by 20 billion kina (US$4.6 billion) in funding over a 20-year period through 2040.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/png-expands-mandatory-digital-id-to-businesses-taking-govt-contracts/feed 0 338272 Imply reaches face biometrics milestone at tech-forward Arena da Baixada https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/imply-reaches-face-biometrics-milestone-at-tech-forward-arena-da-baixada https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/imply-reaches-face-biometrics-milestone-at-tech-forward-arena-da-baixada#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:40:35 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338254 Imply Tecnologia’s facial recognition model has enabled more than 1 million accesses at Arena da Baixada, the home of Club Athletico Paranaense in Curitiba, Brazil. A release says Imply’s facial recognition technology, deployed at the stadium in November 2023, can detect movements and facial expressions in real time, achieving accuracy above 99.9 percent for its AI deep learning algorithms. Founded in 2003, the Rio Grande do Sul-based holding company has already staked a claim in biometrics for stadium access control with deployment at the Pará Olympic Stadium in Mangueirão – and with a relationship with Arena da Baixada that goes back to 2014, when it integrated ticket sales and access control into a single ecosystem. Tironi Paz Ortiz, CEO of Imply, calls Arena da Baixada “one of the smartest stadiums in Latin America because it chose, more than a decade ago, to treat technology with a long-term strategic vision.” “Our intelligence ecosystem has brought operational flow and positioned the club as a national benchmark in technology, fan experience, and security,” Ortiz says. He believes the future of stadiums depends on technological integration, to “transform stadiums into safer, more profitable, and more efficient environments.” In Brazil, this is not just a mission, but a mandate. Under the General Sports Law, 2025 legislation requires Brazilian stadiums with a capacity of more than 20,000 to adopt face biometrics for ticketing, access and identity verification. According to Wikipedia, there are currently 56 stadiums in Brazil that hold more than 20,000 attendees – pointing to a major breakthrough opportunity for the facial recognition technology sector in the country of more than 213 million people.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/imply-reaches-face-biometrics-milestone-at-tech-forward-arena-da-baixada/feed 0 338254 Following IPO, ROC is investing in homegrown security for US market https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/following-ipo-roc-is-investing-in-homegrown-security-for-us-market https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/following-ipo-roc-is-investing-in-homegrown-security-for-us-market#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:38:05 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338250 In February, Colorado-based biometrics and vision AI provider ROC closed the first big biometrics IPO of 2026, raising just over $24 million at $6 per share. ROC CEO Scott Swann says it would have been faster to look to private markets for capital that could help it meet some of its objectives, as it expands the scope of its business . But the company “saw the IPO as infrastructure.” “We saw it as a way that we could scale in a really disciplined way. A big part of this was so that we could maintain our culture and our independence.” That same culture is part of what makes ROC appealing to shareholders. “I think that our growth story resonated with people as we described what we were trying to achieve,” Swann says. ROC has always positioned itself front and center as an American-made company. As global political and economic relationships take new shapes, it stands positioned to provide homegrown defense and security capabilities to the U.S. market. “The timing is right,” Swann says. “I think people understand supply chain more now than they ever have. And as we think about artificial intelligence, I think we’ve seen examples where bias can be built into these models. So, you have to have a lot of trust in the entity that builds these models out for you.” “And so, for us understanding the whole geopolitical environment today and being able to really be at the forefront of putting the United States as a leader in this position, that’s something we’re completely committed to doing.” Moving further afield from its origin as a components provider, ROC also recently launched biometric physical access control software, reflecting significant growth forecasted in the biometric physical access control market.

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Runtime: 00:16:51]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/following-ipo-roc-is-investing-in-homegrown-security-for-us-market/feed 0 338250 Jumio expanding biometric reusable digital identity across LatAm https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/jumio-expanding-biometric-reusable-digital-identity-across-latam https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/jumio-expanding-biometric-reusable-digital-identity-across-latam#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:42:09 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338240 Following a launch in Brazil last year, U.S.-based Jumio is expanding its face biometrics-based reusable digital identity product, selfie.DONE, across Latin America, as it looks towards boosting its identity intelligence capabilities. The product allows previously verified, trusted users to verify their identity with just a selfie, speeding up onboarding and avoiding the friction of uploading identity documents. The reusable ID platform relies on AI models to recognize returning users who sign up for new services while assessing risk in real time. The system automatically triggers full ID verification if risk is detected. The service is moving Jumio towards continuous identity intelligence, according to Bala Kumar, the firm’s president and interim CEO. The expansion to Latin America will bring the company closer to a true global identity graph. “Reusable identity represents a foundational shift in how businesses establish and maintain trust online,” says Kumar, who has recently replaced former CEO and President Robert Prigge. The Palo Alto, California-headquartered firm launched selfie.DONE in October 2025. The fast onboarding service has proven popular in Brazil, where it’s deployed by online gaming platform Hilgardo Gaming and TQJ, the company behind the Bet do Milhão online betting platform. Brazilian users can verify their selfie biometrics against the Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (CPF) number. The importance of identity verification has become clearer in the gaming and gambling industry. However, some businesses in the gaming space are more concerned about conversion and friction than securing their onboarding solution, according to Reinhard Hochrieser, Jumio SVP of Product and Technology. “This fear that robust checks will lead to player drop-off can present a blind spot that fraudsters can easily exploit,” Hochrieser told Biometric Update in an interview earlier this year. Data from early deployments shows that approximately 60 percent of users complete fast-lane verification using selfie.DONE, which means a 17 percent increase in verification completion rates. “With selfie.DONE, the majority of our users now take advantage of document-free verification, which has translated into higher conversion rates, stronger user satisfaction and improved retention,” says Andre Nizer, director of product and marketing at Hilgardo Gaming.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/jumio-expanding-biometric-reusable-digital-identity-across-latam/feed 0 338240 Denmark imposes age checks to restrict social media to kids under 15 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/denmark-imposes-age-checks-to-restrict-social-media-to-kids-under-15 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/denmark-imposes-age-checks-to-restrict-social-media-to-kids-under-15#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:30:33 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338231 Welcome two more Europeans nations to the global age assurance legislation party. The Danish government is moving ahead with an age restriction on select social media platforms for kids under 15 years of age. And Austria is setting a similar path. “Denmark is now leading the way in Europe with a national age limit for social media and a concerted effort to strengthen the digital wellbeing of children and young people,” says Danish Digitalization Minister Caroline Stage, as quoted in DW. “We are taking a necessary stand against a development where large tech platforms have had free rein in children’s rooms for far too long.” The ministry has not specified which social platforms the law will cover. But it is likely to be in keeping with the Australian model, which focuses on the largest – Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, Snapchat and the like. Denmark will allow exceptions if parents believe their child should have access to social media earlier than 15, but the baseline for access will be 13. The government is also looking to allocate 160 million Danish kroner (about $24.8 million) to a program of child online safety initiatives. Per DW, funds will be allocated to support the development of alternative social media platforms. The government of Greece also announced this week it will require age verification for social media use while pushing for an EU-wide approach to the age restrictions.

‘Addicted, ill’ kids need intervention: Austria

In Austria, the coalition government is laying plans to prohibit social media for children aged under 14. The BBC quotes vice-chancellor Andreas Babler of the Social Democrat party, who says the government has a responsibility to act on platforms that are making kids “addicted and also often ill.” The EU has been expressing interest in age check legislation covering social media since last year, when Australia broke the global legislative ice with its Social Media Minimum Age Act, put into effect in December 2010. Its regulatory bodies are now well into a crackdown on pornographic websites, in an attempt to try and limit kids’ exposure to sexually explicit content – in part through the deployment of privacy-preserving biometric age assurance technology.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/denmark-imposes-age-checks-to-restrict-social-media-to-kids-under-15/feed 0 338231 Clear’s reusable biometric digital ID platform joins FedRAMP Marketplace https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/clears-reusable-biometric-digital-id-platform-joins-fedramp-marketplace https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/clears-reusable-biometric-digital-id-platform-joins-fedramp-marketplace#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:12:48 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338216 Biometric digital identity platform CLEAR1 is now listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace, with Clear announcing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted it “In Process” designation at the Moderate impact level. Clear says it is on its way to full FedRAMP Authorization by meeting the cloud security and compliance standards for federal agencies handling sensitive data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) struck a deal last December to use Clear1 for identity verification of Medicare beneficiaries with selfie biometrics. The HIPAA-compliant platform is one of three choices for new account onboarding or ID verification for Medicare.gov. Alignment with FedRAMP Moderate requirements allows Clear to bring the same reusable digital identity capabilities it provides in healthcare and enterprise environments to federal programs that need strong security controls while providing consistent and user-friendly access, according to the company announcement. “In Process” designation indicates that Clear is working with the Joint Authorization Board (JAB) on CLEAR1 authorization or that it has agency sponsorship. "For more than a decade, Clear has operated in some of the most demanding environments in the world, from airports to health systems and workforce platforms, where security and reliability are non‑negotiable," says Jon Schlegel, CSO at Clear. "FedRAMP is a natural extension of that work and a critical validation of the investments we've made in controls, monitoring, and governance across CLEAR1. Achieving FedRAMP Moderate 'In Process' status reinforces our commitment to meeting federal security standards while still delivering fast, intuitive experiences for users and agencies. We will continue to work with CMS and other federal stakeholders as we progress toward full authorization." CLEAR1 is certified for Full Service against NIST Digital Identity Guidelines for Identity Assurance Level 2 (IAL2) and Authenticator Assurance Level 2 (AAL2) by the Kantara Initiative. Clear says its platform is up to 39 million verified users who can confirm their digital identity with face biometric authentication, and the company says CLEAR1 goes beyond point-in-time checks with reusable and privacy-preserving identity infrastructure.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/clears-reusable-biometric-digital-id-platform-joins-fedramp-marketplace/feed 0 338216 Enterprises must revamp IAM for comprehensive security https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/enterprises-must-revamp-iam-for-comprehensive-security https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/enterprises-must-revamp-iam-for-comprehensive-security#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:05:10 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338214 Traditional IAM approaches are falling short as attackers exploit stolen credentials across customer, workforce and third-party environments, according to a new white paper from technology research and advisory group Omdia, commissioned by identity verification and fraud prevention platform ID Dataweb. According to the paper, enterprises should overhaul their approach to identity security, warning that conventional identity and access management frameworks can no longer keep pace with modern credential-based threats. The firm's new white paper, "Controlling Identity Risk: Detecting and Mitigating Identity Threats," examines how attackers exploit weak, stolen, or compromised credentials across customer, workforce, and third-party environments such as contractors and suppliers. Effective identity threat detection, the report argues, must go beyond verifying individual login events. Instead, it should analyze transaction patterns across credentials, incorporate adaptive identity verification, behavioral analytics, device and credential intelligence, and apply real-time risk scoring. Omdia also warns against fragmented security strategies that are optimized for individual teams but leave the broader enterprise exposed. Adequate solutions, the report states, must offer flexible risk detection and orchestration, broad access to authoritative identity data sources, resilience across infrastructure and verification services, and privacy preservation. The goal is a single integrated solution that works across all enterprise identity use cases while reducing complexity and cost. Dave Coxe, co-founder and CEO of ID Dataweb said the problem spans the entire digital identity lifecycle. "Organizations need a unified approach that can continuously verify the person behind the credential across the full identity lifecycle without adding friction for legitimate users," he says. New research this week also shows many enterprises are way behind on IAM, and continuing to rely on passwords.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/enterprises-must-revamp-iam-for-comprehensive-security/feed 0 338214 Palm vein biometrics from ePortID integrated with MNM’s physical access control https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/palm-vein-biometrics-from-eportid-integrated-with-mnms-physical-access-control https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/palm-vein-biometrics-from-eportid-integrated-with-mnms-physical-access-control#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:49:22 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338203 Biometric access control provider ePortID LLC has announced a “strategic teaming arrangement” with physical network infrastructure company MNM Group. A release says the partnership aims to “accelerate the deployment of secure, contactless access control systems across commercial and industrial markets.” That will bring ePortID’s ePortPass platform, which uses contactless palm vein authentication in place of cards, fobs, or mobile credentials, to the MNM Group’s work in system installation, integration, and field delivery. Jointly, the companies will enable faster deployment and reduced operational complexity with edge-based system architecture. “This teaming arrangement allows us to scale rapidly while maintaining the integrity of our architecture,” says Paul Labow, president of ePortID. “MNM brings the installation expertise and customer reach needed to deliver our technology efficiently and at scale.” In palm vein biometrics, says MNM Group Senior Account Executive Marco Martucci, the company sees “a real opportunity to bring a more secure and modern access control solution to our customers. Partnering with ePortID gives us a practical solution that actually works in the field and addresses real security challenges.” Per the release, the teaming arrangement is effective immediately.

Biometric access control market to surpass $9.84B by 2028

Organizations increasingly look to biometrics as a way to simplify physical access control, cut down on credential sharing and tighten security. Providers both established and new are offering solutions that leverage face, fingerprint and palm biometrics to work, in effect, as keys. The global biometric physical access control market is forecasted to surpass $9.84 billion by 2028. To help customers navigate a busy market, Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence have teamed up on a new market report and buyer’s guide for biometric physical access control (BPAC) products, now available for free. The 52-page 2026 Biometric Physical Access Control Market Report and Buyer’s Guide from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence details important trends, technologies, and considerations for organizations planning to incorporate access control solutions. It explains the key concepts in biometric physical access control, presenting commercially available technologies organizations can deploy today, and guiding them in selecting a provider.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/palm-vein-biometrics-from-eportid-integrated-with-mnms-physical-access-control/feed 0 338203 UK turns to better CCTV, facial recognition use for national knife crime strategy https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/uk-turns-to-better-cctv-facial-recognition-use-for-national-knife-crime-strategy https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/uk-turns-to-better-cctv-facial-recognition-use-for-national-knife-crime-strategy#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:44:23 +0000 https://www.biometricupdate.com/?p=338194 The UK government has presented a new national strategy to tackle knife crime, which includes upgrading CCTV coverage to minimize blind spots and improve the use of retrospective facial recognition (RFR).​ The“Protecting Lives, Building Hope” plan aims to halve knife crime over the next 10 years by increasing police deployment and targeting the most affected areas. Last year, the Home Office invested £5.5 million (US$7.4 million) in a pilot program to detect and prevent knife crime in 11 areas with the highest crime rates. The initiative included visible patrols, upgrading CCTV and face biometrics systems, and using youth workers to reach out to young people at risk. This year, the government plans to allocate £26.25 million ($35.3 million) through its Knife Crime Concentrations Fund to expand the program in 27 “hot spot” areas, which together account for 90 percent of all knife crime in England and Wales. The areas were determined by using the national knife crime mapping tool. “We are putting 13,000 additional police personnel in neighborhood roles, strengthening police powers, targeting police activity where knife crime happens and investing in technology to catch more knife offenders,” the strategy document notes. The strategy is also hoping to improve the identification of knife robbers: In 50 percent of knife-enabled robberies nationwide, the perpetrator is never identified. “Close, regular scrutiny of policing data, blended with frontline expertise is identifying ways to improve how CCTV can be used to improve the detection rates and bring more offenders to justice. Successful methods will be shared nationally,” says the document. Railway areas will also receive £17 million of investment over the next three years to improve CCTV connectivity and keep passengers safe from knife crime. The British Transport Police’s budget will increase to £481.5 million ($648.6 million) by fiscal year 2028-2029, allowing for more police officers to be hired. In January, the British Transport Police kicked off a six-month live facial recognition (LFR) pilot to monitor train stations. Knife crime was also cited as a reason for the UK government to invest in four more LFR vans almost two years ago. The new national anti-knife crime strategy will be supported through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s Safer Streets Challenges. The program aims to fund new research and innovation across universities, the private and public sectors, and communities, and is backed by £50 million in funding. The initiative focuses on five public safety challenges, including knife crime, violence against women and girls, trust in policing and the judiciary. Another project is building an AI-powered national crime map based on the Concentrations of Crime Data Challenge launched in August last year. Earlier this year, the UK announced large-scale policing reforms, including new investments in AI and increased deployments of Live Facial Recognition (LFR). The country also plans to invest £115 million (US$157.3 million) over the next three years into a National Centre for AI in Policing as part of the “most significant modernization of policing in nearly 200 years,” according to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.]]> https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/uk-turns-to-better-cctv-facial-recognition-use-for-national-knife-crime-strategy/feed 0 338194