‘A grave threat’: Amazon’s facial recognition system violates rights, U.S. civil liberties groups say

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[ad_1] Several U.S. civil liberties groups on Tuesday complained that Amazon.com Inc’s real-time facial recognition system, Rekognition, is helping the government with surveillance targeting large crowds, violating civil and digital rights. “We demand that Amazon stop powering a government surveillance infrastructure that poses a grave threat to customers and communities across the country,” several organizations,…

More companies are using artificial intelligence and analytics to fight against cyber threats

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[ad_1] As hackers find more ways to compromise computers — from phishing to malicious web pages to taking advantage of user carelessness — and cyber-criminals go from pranksters or individual hackers to well-oiled commercial organizations that may even be funded by nation-states, security vendors are developing increasingly sophisticated technologies to help their customers fight back.…