AI News Archive: June 5, 2026 — Part 5
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- Instagram and WhatsApp Could Soon Offer AI Health Advice
Instagram and WhatsApp Could Soon Offer AI Health Advice YourStory.com
- France's data centre ambitions bump up against rural fears
A massive AI data centre planned for the small French village of Fouju is creating a divide. While proponents see economic benefits and job creation, residents fear environmental disruption, pollution from backup generators, and significant power consumption. The project, funded by international investors, promises millions in tax revenue but raises concerns about its "extraordinary" scale.
- Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall
Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automation Liz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance. With public fears mounting about the impact of AI on employment, particularly for young people, the technology secretary claimed that the government could shape the way it is adopted. Continue reading...
Score: 45🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/05/labour-will-make-ai-work-for-workers-liz-kendall - China fueling U.S. data center resistance, AI groups claim
The AI industry , battling concerns about its impact on jobs and energy costs, is accusing China-linked actors of using social media to fan opposition to the data centers powering America's AI boom. Why it matters: As the U.S. and China race for AI supremacy, resistance to data centers is threatening the industry's massive buildout plans here — and AI leaders believe foreign actors are stoking the backlash. State of play: Pro-AI groups say they've been tracking a barrage of what they believe are bot-driven social media messages, which they argue is being driven by China, its proxies and other countries in its sphere of influence. "Americans have AI anxiety for a variety of reasons, and that makes it particularly susceptible to disinformation about data centers," said Steve DelBianco, president and CEO of NetChoice, a tech industry trade association. Data center critics counter that the industry is using China as a bogeyman to try to deflect attention from well-documented opposition in communities across the U.S. "I know for a fact [data center opposition] is organic. How? Because I talk to people, all over the country, searching for help to stop the industrialization of their communities," Elena Schlossberg, a Northern Virginia-based anti-data center activist, told Axios. The AI groups admit they can't precisely quantify how many anti-data center posts are being driven by entities in China and its proxies. But they say they've catalogued several recent waves of posts that originated in foreign countries. A sampling: A South Asia-based X account posted on May 22: "Are billionaires actually insane? They're dumping billions into AI, building data centers everywhere, laying off thousands of workers, and acting like none of this will have consequences." An Africa-based account said on May 25: "Mark Zuckerberg built a MASSIVE data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people's homes. Water pressure collapsed. Sinks don't run. Toilets won't refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are common." (The message was based on stories like this one in the New York Times.) A Poland-based user posted on May 26: "BREAKING: BLACKROCK CEO LARRY FINK SAYS TRILLIONS FOR AI DATA CENTERS AND POWER GRIDS WILL HAVE TO COME FROM AMERICANS' SAVINGS AND PENSION FUNDS." (This was based on a prediction Fink made.) A Bangladesh-based Facebook account titled "Indiana Life" has 44,000 followers and posts repeatedly that data centers will have a negative impact on the state. Another page called " Kansas Life " — also from Bangladesh — has similar content focused on that state. Other social media posts — some originating in South Asia and North Africa — are highlighting criticism and growing protests over the Stratos Project, a planned 40,000-acre data center campus in northwestern Utah. TV personality and investor Kevin O'Leary, who's backing the Utah project, has accused China of spreading misinformation and fomenting opposition. O'Leary is now scaling back the project amid public pressure, NBC reported. The project's critics insist their protests are organic. Yes, but: Polls indicate support for data centers in the U.S. is strikingly low — and those in the AI community acknowledge it's not just China driving such feelings. A Gallup survey in May had 71% of Americans opposing construction of data centers in their communities. Data-center critics cite concerns ranging from higher electricity bills and heavy water use to noise from cooling systems. Others highlight environmental concerns. What's next: Pro - AI groups say they're turning to Congress to sound the alarm on what they see as a China-led effort to incite resistance to data centers. Chuck Flint, executive director of the Coalition for Affordability & Prosperity — a group that opposes data-center regulation — asked the congressional intelligence committee chairs to investigate foreign interference aimed at "decelerating the construction of" data centers . "The factually dubious anti-data center, anti-AI narrative that is being driven by foreign accounts on social media deserves immediate congressional attention," said Taylor Budowich, a former Trump White House official and founder of the pro-AI Innovation Council Action Inc. House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, meanwhile, has accused U.S.-based nonprofits of taking money from China and fomenting opposition to data centers. The other side: "When any corporation wants to dodge legitimate criticism they point to 'outside agitators,' " Tim Donaghy, research director for the environmental group Greenpeace USA, told Axios. "It's lazy and insulting to the communities who are raising real concerns."
Score: 45🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.axios.com/2026/06/05/china-fueling-us-data-center-resistance-ai-groups-claim - Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully
In the current environment, remaining heads down has diminishing returns; at some point, you have to make some noise just to remind the market you exist.
Score: 45🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/mira-murati-steps-back-into-the-spotlight-carefully/ - AI crypto scams soar in US as annual losses top $11bn
AI crypto scams soar in US as annual losses top $11bn Nikkei Asia
Score: 45🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/society/crime/ai-crypto-scams-soar-in-us-as-annual-losses-top-11bn - Asia tech stocks slide as cracks emerge in AI rally
Asia tech stocks slide as cracks emerge in AI rally The Straits Times
- Exclusive: South Korea labour minister calls on tech firms to share excess AI profits with suppliers, staff
Exclusive: South Korea labour minister calls on tech firms to share excess AI profits with suppliers, staff Reuters
- Why Waymo settled for the wrong car
Forget “Florida Man.” Want to hear a California Man story? Here goes. A California man rolled up to a yoga studio in San Francisco’s Marina District in a self-driving Waymo car, walked into the studio, grabbed an armful of yoga shorts, got back in the Waymo and took off. Six months later, police still haven’t found him, according to a story this week in The San Francisco Chronicle . Since the rider’s credit card information didn’t lead to an arrest, we can assume the perp used a stolen phone’s Waymo account and financial information to hail the ride. And by the time police requested interior video of the man’s face, Waymo had already deleted it. This is a “California Man” story in part because of the association of Waymo with the city of San Francisco. Soon that association will be obsolete. (In fact, while Waymo is headquartered in San Francisco and is more visible there, Arizona got Waymos two years before San Francisco did.) At the moment, Waymos are publicly available to riders in 11 US cities — San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Nashville. Before long, riders will be able to enjoy robot car rides from Waymo in Las Vegas, San Diego, Washington DC, Denver, Detroit, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, London, and Tokyo. Historically, Waymo has been taking a bath on rides. (I’m not talking about recent stories where Waymo cars have driven onto flooded roads . On May 12, Waymo issued a voluntary recall of 3,791 cars after a software defect allowed an autonomous vehicle in April to drive into a flooded, impassable roadway in San Antonio and be swept into a creek. A week after the recall, the company paused all freeway rides and suspended service in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Nashville because of construction-zone navigation issues.) To date, self-driving ride-hailing services like Waymo are a loss-leader business. Waymo is secretive about its costs, but independent estimates suggest that a $20 ride for the rider may be a $50-$100 ride for Waymo, when you factor in all costs. But help is on the way. Cars that drive themselves don’t pay for themselves A big part of why Waymo rides have been so costly is that the car is a retrofitted Jaguar I-PACE. It’s true that Waymo got a deal on the roughly $70,000 car (a steal at $50,000 per vehicle because the company bought thousands of them). But then Waymo had to bolt on all kinds of costly sensors and electronics to make them self-driving, including a roof-mounted lidar assembly of five units, 29 cameras all around the car, six radar units, a custom Waymo-designed AI inference compute platform, and the wiring harness and power distribution system. Estimates for the total cost per car for Waymo are in the $120,000 to $200,000 range. Another problem is that the Jaguar I-PACE is notorious for a lack of reliability, especially involving its batteries and its longevity. Jaguar stopped making I-PACE cars two years ago. Finally, Waymo can’t do what regular car owners do and sell the car to recover some of the initial investment. Nobody wants an electric car with a depleted battery covered in electronics and sensors that can’t be used. The good news is that we learned this week that used Waymo batteries will be repurposed as backup storage for power grids in California and Texas . Say “Oh, Hi!” to the Ojai The combination of growth and the end of manufacturing for the Jaguar I-PACE means that Waymo’s next platform is right on time. The car is called the Ojai, named after the unaffordable artsy hippie mecca located 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Waymo announced last week that the company will soon open Ojai cars to free rides for select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. (See this Redditor’s drone photos of the current fleet of Ojai cars in Mesa, AZ .) The Ojai is a purpose-built electric minivan made by Zeekr, an arm of China-based Geely Automobile Holdings. It’s got doors that slide open like an elevator door, more legroom than the I-PACE, three screens for passengers, Braille instructions, grab bars, a flat floor with low-step height for easier entry, charge ports, cupholders, more cargo space, better batteries, faster EV charging, and easier cleaning and maintenance than the I-PACE cars. It’s much cheaper for Waymo to buy — and much cheaper and faster to integrate Waymo electronics. The Ojai gets Waymo’s sixth-generation Driver as a factory-co-engineered system with just 23 sensors (13 cameras, four lidar, six radar). While that’s far fewer sensors, they’re much more capable than the older generations of Waymo systems. One of my favorite details of the Ojai sensor package is that each car will have 10 sensor wipers with heaters and fluid sprayers specifically designed for snow, rain, and adverse weather. They’re like tiny, high-tech windshield wipers, but for the glass in front of the sensors. Ojai cars will likely do far better in rain and snow conditions. Weirdly, the Ojai still has needless controls, like a steering wheel and gas and brake pedals. And the only reason for those is that the US Congress is asleep at the wheel. US. federal motor vehicle safety standards require steering wheels and pedals for street-legal vehicles, and neither NHTSA nor Congress has granted a permanent exemption for purpose-built driverless vehicles. Despite the vestigial controls, the difference between the two cars is that the Jaguar was an old-school car designed for drivers, while the Ojai is the new concept for cars, one built for riders. And for riders, the Ojai is better in every way that matters. The Chinese factor There’s only one factor keeping Ojai cars from replacing the full Jaguar I-PACE: They’re made in China. Waymo is getting around the 100% tariff imposed by the Trump Administration by “location-laundering” the build. Zeekr completes the Ojai shells in Gothenburg, Sweden, and because the “substantial transformation” occurs within the EU, the vehicles are classified as EU-origin products. The stripped-down gliders arrive with no modems, ECUs, or autonomy software, and Waymo installs all connected technology at its Mesa facility, which satisfies the Commerce Department’s 2027 and 2030 rules prohibiting Chinese-linked vehicle electronics. Some lawmakers are using Waymo as a case study for general anxieties about Chinese technology infiltration into American infrastructure. The other problem is protectionism. If un-tariffed Chinese cars were allowed into the US market, the US car industry would likely be decimated by the competition . Chinese carmakers like BYD enjoy a 25% material cost advantage over Western carmakers. They would enter $5,000 to $10,000 cheaper than comparable U.S. offerings, according to some estimates. So, Washington is jittery about Chinese-made cars. I drove a BYD rental car in the UK last month. And I can tell you, they’re great cars and very enjoyable to drive. (My only complaint was that the steering wheel was on the wrong side.) Instead of Waymo taking a risky bet on Ojai cars, they’re instead expanding with Hyundai Ioniq 5 EVs, which are produced locally and will be retrofitted with Waymo’s sixth-generation Driver at that Mesa facility. This is a massive deal in which Hyundai will supply Waymo with 50,000 cars by 2028. Waymo hasn’t disclosed plans for Ojai cars, but it’s unlikely to even come close to the number of Hyundai cars it is on the hook for. (The company also has around 100 Zeekr cars, but plans to expand that fleet to a few thousand.) The right solution for Waymo’s next few years would be all Ojai cars with no steering wheel or pedals. The Ojai is purpose-built for autonomous car ride sharing, affordable, and capable in all weather. But that’s not going to happen because of Congressional inaction, China panic, and protectionism in Washington. Instead, Waymo’s future is to use too many cars from the past, by which I mean much or most of its fleet will be driverless cars retrofitted from cars that prioritize the driver, rather than the passengers. And reports suggest that the price of Hyundai cars will be comparable to the overpriced Jaguars. I’m sure the Hyundai Ioniq 5 will be nice. But an all-Ojai fleet would have been the better future for Waymo. Instead of the right car for the job, Waymo is stuck with an expensive, less comfortable, less capable car than the Ojai.
Score: 45🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.computerworld.com/article/4181420/why-waymo-settled-for-the-wrong-car.html - Q2 2026 Mind the Gap: The Bid-Ask Spread in Consumer AI
Q2 2026 Mind the Gap: The Bid-Ask Spread in Consumer AI PitchBook
Score: 45🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/q2-2026-mind-the-gap-the-bid-ask-spread-in-consumer-ai - Direct agents with visual prompts in Design Mode
New feature in Design Mode for direct agents with visual prompts.
- Hedge funds bet against call centre stocks as AI threat grows
Outsourcing companies hit as investors see ‘clean’ disruption risk
- This is your laptop… on AI
We're now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything. Nvidia's Jensen Huang made that clearer than anyone this week, when he described a completely new way of using our laptops […]
Score: 44🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.theverge.com/podcast/944058/ai-laptop-nvidia-build-gemini-spark-vergecast - Alphabet is seeking fresh capital as stock's 4-week losing streak tests investor appetite
Alphabet expects capex to reach up to $190 billion this year, double last year's spending, and the company is turning to investors to help fund its expansion.
- CEO Says There Will Be No Raises Because He Spent All the Money on AI
"We will fund this AI investment by reallocating the budget from 2026 annual salary adjustments." The post CEO Says There Will Be No Raises Because He Spent All the Money on AI appeared first on Futurism .
- Rethinking digital sovereignty in the AI era
For Microsoft’s Didier Ongena, AI is a lot like electricity or the internet, and is set to have a profound impact on society.
Score: 44🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.itweb.co.za/article/rethinking-digital-sovereignty-in-the-ai-era/rW1xLv5nxwx7Rk6m - Dow Jones Hits High, Broadcom, Ciena Slam AI, Chip Stocks, SpaceX IPO Ahead: Weekly Review
The Dow Jones hit a new high while the Nasdaq tumbled as Broadcom and Ciena triggered AI and chip losses. SpaceX set an IPO price target. The post Dow Jones Hits High, Broadcom, Ciena Slam AI, Chip Stocks, SpaceX IPO Ahead: Weekly Review appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
Score: 43🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.investors.com/news/dow-jones-hit-highs-nasdaq-broadcom-ciena-ai-stocks-spacex-ipo/ - Pittsburgh-based robotics companies back McCormick's national commission legislation
The bipartisan legislation would create an independent commission to evaluate policy for strengthening domestic robotics firms. Local companies including Gecko Robotics have signed on.
- Lil Finder Guy pet was the gateway to building my own Mac apps with Codex
At the start of May, OpenAI released a playful feature inside its Codex desktop app for creating a virtual pet. This silly little addition solved my biggest challenge with Codex: what should I do with it? My first real task with Codex was putting together a virtual Lil Finder Guy for fun. A month later, I’m using two Mac apps that Codex built at my direction. Toying around with Codex Pets was the gateway for me to better understand its capabilities. more…
Score: 43🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/05/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex/ - OMODA & JAECOO positions AiMOGA robots and VPD smart mobility technologies as future enablers of UAE smart cities
The technology enables vehicles to autonomously locate parking spaces, self-park, and return to drivers through intelligent summon functions offering future convenience for busy urban environments, shopping destinations, hotels, airports, and smart city infrastructure
- This Nightmare AI Scam Is Making Parents Believe Their Child Has Been Abducted
This Nightmare AI Scam Is Making Parents Believe Their Child Has Been Abducted PCMag UK
- AI startup Innefu Labs bags $30 million in funding from Panthera Growth Partners
The capital infusion, completed through a combination of primary and secondary transactions from Panthera, positions the national security-focused AI company for an initial public offering (IPO) and will accelerate its expansion into international markets, the New Delhi-headquartered firm said in a statement on Friday.
- AI helped a musician with Parkinson’s finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar
AI helped a musician with Parkinson’s finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar Boston Herald
- Dubai Chambers Forms Executive Committee for Agentic AI
Dubai Chambers Forms Executive Committee for Agentic AI Entrepreneur Middle East
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://mena.entrepreneur.com/business-news/dubai-chambers-forms-executive-committee-for-agentic-ai - Video shows deputy moved Waymo from path of fire trucks after Oak Cliff blast
Video shows deputy moved Waymo from path of fire trucks after Oak Cliff blast Dallas News
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.dallasnews.com/news/article/deputy-constable-forced-move-waymo-oak-cliff-blast-22292089.php - AI technology against illegal logging in the Amazon
AI tech to combat illegal logging in the Amazon
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/ai-technology-against-illegal-logging-in-the-amazon - AI to create ‘tsunami of young unemployed people around world’, says British billionaire
AI to create ‘tsunami of young unemployed people around world’, says British billionaire The National
- Seoul Purpose: How NVIDIA and South Korea Are Building the Future of AI
Home to cutting-edge sovereign AI infrastructure and robotics innovators, as well as one of the world’s most passionate gaming communities, South Korea is one of the world’s centers of AI. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang is in Seoul this week to meet the partners and builders behind that work. Stay tuned here for live […]
- NVIDIA AI Releases Dynamo Snapshot: A CRIU-Based Fast Startup System for AI Inference on Kubernetes
NVIDIA AI Releases Dynamo Snapshot: A CRIU-Based Fast Startup System for AI Inference on Kubernetes MarkTechPost
- Tencent’s chief AI scientist dismisses lag concerns, says race a ‘long-term game’
Yao Shunyu, the former OpenAI researcher now leading Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence model development, pushed back against concerns that the tech giant is slow in AI, arguing that the race is just beginning with massive untapped opportunities in coding agents and embodied intelligence. “AI is a long-term game, with the second half of the race just starting,” said Yao, chief AI scientist at Tencent, comparing the current state to the development of personal computers in the 1970s. Yao...
- YouTube’s AI Tools Are Testing the Creator Economy
YouTube’s AI Tools Are Testing the Creator Economy YourStory.com
- India plays large role in AI era of Windows: president Davuluri
Windows chief Pavan Davuluri says India contributed significantly to the operating system’s new agentic AI capabilities and remains a priority market for future growth.
- Raspberry Pi surges as investors bet on hardware linked to AI boom
UK maker of tiny low-cost computers expects ‘robust demand’ to push unit sales above 4mn in first half
- Adaptive, Agentic AI Worms Loom as Next Enterprise Threat
AI worms, or "viruses with wings and brains," adapt to new environments, seek out vulnerabilities, and will likely strike within a year, researchers say.
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/adaptive-agentic-ai-worms-enterprise-cyber-threat - China bets on AI to promote President Xi Jinping's thinking
China bets on AI to promote President Xi Jinping's thinking Reuters
- The AI rollback nobody wants to talk about...
The AI rollback nobody wants to talk about... IT Pro
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.itpro.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/the-ai-rollback-nobody-wants-to-talk-about - Stock Funds Surge In May On AI Optimism — What's Next?
Investors who stayed invested in May were winners as a microchip-driven technology stock rally pushed ahead. The post Stock Funds Surge In May On AI Optimism — What's Next? appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
- As AI-related stocks dive, the market's winners have one thing in common
Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/as-ai-related-stocks-dive-the-markets-winners-have-one-thing-in-common.html - Is there an AI stock market bubble, and is it ready to burst?
Despite the Iran war, inflation and debt fears, US markets keep hitting record highs, fueled largely by AI. BBC's Samira Hussain looks into whether that bubble will burst.
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c1m2mr7gr27o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss - Tech Stocks Fall. Why Broadcom, Google, AI IPOs May Have Triggered Sell-Off.
Nasdaq was poised for worst week in a year as technology stocks tumbled. The post Tech Stocks Fall. Why Broadcom, Google, AI IPOs May Have Triggered Sell-Off. appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.investors.com/news/technology/nasdaq-tech-stocks-nvidia-ai-ipos-broadcom/ - Oped: What if AI retraining is just a comforting lie?
Oped: What if AI retraining is just a comforting lie? Boston Herald
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 5, 2026https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/05/oped-what-if-ai-retraining-is-just-a-comforting-lie/ - Absa, Salesforce expand strategic collaboration, solidifying AI leadership in banking across Africa
Over the next three years, the collaboration will focus on several key technology capabilities across the group, which include Agentforce, Data Cloud and Loyalty Cloud.
- Your AI bill is out of control. Cloudflare can fix it now.
AI Gateway now features real-time spend limits to prevent runaway token bills across multiple AI providers. By integrating with Cloudflare Access, companies can use identity-driven budgets and policies.
- Cooling down the heat: Why liquid cooling is now mission-critical for AI datacenters
As enterprise demand for AI and high-performance computing accelerates, the infrastructure supporting these workloads is generating heat at levels that conventional air cooling simply cannot manage. A new IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Lenovo and based on a global survey of 1,230 IT decision-makers, finds that spending on AI and HPC workloads is expected to grow at an average rate of 52% over the next 12 to 24 months — nearly double the rate of general computing infrastructure. That growth is placing acute pressure on datacenter cooling strategies. IDC projects global datacenter energy consumption will nearly triple by 2028, reaching 915 terawatt hours. With cost, complexity, and integration barriers still slowing adoption, the research makes clear that IT leaders who invest now, with the right OEM partner guiding strategy, design, and deployment; will be best positioned to scale AI infrastructure reliably and sustainably. Read below to find out more. The role of liquid cooling solutions in AI ready datacenters Download
- Anthropic confronts the RSI clock
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- Oracle Stock, A New AI Infrastructure Leader, Rallies Bullishly Ahead Of Earnings
Oracle stock has climbed off lows along with security software stock SailPoint. Both stocks have earnings coming up, along with Adobe. The post Oracle Stock, A New AI Infrastructure Leader, Rallies Bullishly Ahead Of Earnings appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
- The big AI labs are eating the startup playbook — here’s where founders can still compete
Startup founders used to worry that tech giants would make their product obsolete. Now it’s even trickier: AI labs are not only encroaching on startup turf, they’re also offering tools for customers to attempt DIY solutions of their own. But there are approaches that work, and niches to be found, according to speakers and panelists at the Tech Alliance Seattle Investor Summit+Showcase this week. Read More
- Facial recognition is getting better at identifying you with AI. Here’s how it works
If you are fortunate enough to have a ticket to an event at Madison Square Garden in New York—say, an NBA Finals game —one aspect of your visit will be having your face scanned by a facial recognition system. Major event venues are increasingly using the technology. Some, like the Garden, use it for surveillance purposes , and some, like Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and Oracle Park in San Francisco, to offer visitors optional ticketless admission . Adoption of facial recognition technology is increasing, becoming more prevalent in daily life, from public buses to public buildings . The Transportation Security Administration has deployed the latest facial recognition technology at security checkpoints at numerous airports. The agency says the new system will be used in cities across the U.S. that are hosting FIFA World Cup 2026 soccer matches . The growing use of facial recognition has broadened concerns about accuracy and bias . But in my research studying facial recognition technology in the Vision Lab at the University of Dayton, I’ve found that advanced deep learning models have made face recognition systems more accurate and reliable. The AI models, trained on hundreds of millions of face images, are more than 99% accurate in controlled environments—settings such as cellphones, airports, and border checkpoints. Facial recognition basics Facial recognition involves three steps: locate a face in an image or video frame, create a faceprint that catalogs salient features—including the shape of the face and landmark points such as eyes, nose and mouth—and record the texture of the skin. Then it compares the faceprint to those in a database, which may be inside a smartphone or at a bank or hospital, to verify a person’s identity or allow access. In the physical world, these systems are faster and simpler than requiring people to show IDs. In the online world, they are easier than entering a login name and password. Facial recognition also significantly reduces the possibility of forgery or fraud when compared with ID cards or passwords. Improvements in the technology have come from a variety of research projects. FaceNet , a deep learning model developed by Google, has upgraded recognition of faces that are partly covered or hidden in images. DeepFace , a landmark AI-powered facial recognition system developed by Facebook AI Research, achieves the same high level of verification shown by humans. NeoFace , a highly accurate AI-powered algorithm developed by NEC, is built into Mobile Fortify , the mobile facial recognition system used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify people. Reducing false positives and negatives Real-world conditions such as poor lighting, difficult viewing angles, extreme facial expressions, concealment by face masks or sunglasses, and poor image quality can still hamper performance, leading to faulty identification. False positives and false negatives are the two primary errors. False positives are when a person is incorrectly matched to a different person in a database. False negatives are when an individual is not found in a database, even though their image exists there. False positives are more critical in security and safety applications. They can lead to wrongful accusations, discrimination, or detention. In 2025, a 50-year-old woman in Tennessee was arrested and put in jail for six months based on an AI-powered facial recognition system that incorrectly tied her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation. False negatives may prompt authorities to deny services to people who qualify for them. Accuracy can suffer if models are trained on data that does not reflect real-world demographics. A 2025 study showed that systems trained on public databases in which people with darker skin tones are lacking leads to lower recognition accuracy . This kind of unintentional bias in training data may lead to misidentification of women, people of color, and young and old people . One report found that facial recognition systems used by 42 U.S. government agencies falsely identified African American and Asian faces 10 to 100 times as often than white faces , in some cases leading to wrongful arrests . Accuracy also deteriorates when people are wearing heavy makeup and for young children and old people because their landmark features tend to change more quickly than adults of other ages. Balancing datasets by collecting more representative images across age, gender, and ethnicity, and frequently updating databases, can improve accuracy and produce fairer results . Adjusting images before they are sent for matching —for example, changing brightness levels—can improve accuracy, too. People squint their eyes when they are in dark or very bright light. Advanced processing software can mimic this human trait to improve the facial recognition system’s ability to extract facial features from the image. A full face from partial data Humans are good at identifying a person even if part of their face is covered by sunglasses or a face mask. The brain assigns more significance to the exposed details. If facial recognition programs can learn to do the same, that would reduce false positives and false negatives, including when cameras only capture part of a face. Facial dynamics can help, too. It may be difficult for someone to recognize a middle school friend they haven’t seen for many years, but if the old friend smiles, that change in expression can immediately improve recall. Researchers are developing a facial recognition method for doing this, known as volumetric directional patterning . It captures the subtle movements of facial muscles, as well as eyelid blinks, in consecutive frames of a video. It tracks how facial landmarks shift over time, as well as the context in which a face is being observed, which can improve recognition accuracy. Researchers are also creating more accurate AI-powered three-dimensional systems that can capture the precise geometry of a face, including features such as contours of the eye socket, nose and chin. This kind of work could lead to antispoofing techniques that prevent facial recognition systems from falling for fake faces that are generated by computers and their human operators. Fewer mistaken identities Setting aside questions of privacy and cybersecurity and lingering issues of bias, one thing is clear: Facial recognition technology is improving. And that promises fewer errors—and fewer of the serious consequences that come with them. Vijayan Asari is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Dayton . This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article .
- China Mobile Jiangsu and ZTE unveil intelligent complaint analysis agent to reshape core network OM
PARTNER CONTENT: Leveraging multi-modal LLMs and agent technology to automate signaling analysis and shift core network O&M from experience to knowledge-driven
- AI Is Already Shaping Who We Are
AI Is Already Shaping Who We Are Time Magazine