Launch of Human Intelligence Institute
I’m happy to announce today the launch of the Human Intelligence Institute, a new startup with a mission to deliver, maintain and enforce a multi-tiered set of reliable mechanisms for distinguishing between synthetic and human created works of art. We’re launching with some important trademarks that we plan to use as “watermarks” on art and […]
Ethics and AI: a mindful perspective
A fascinating perspective from Jeremy Kahn at Fortune’s Eye on AI and Ahmer Inam, the chief A.I. officer at Pactera Edge. Note that the ideas behind Mindful A.I. were coined by Orvetta Sampson, the principal creative director at Microsoft, and De Kai, a professor at the UC at Berkeley. | (republished from Fortune’s blog) | Lately, Inam has […]
The Next New Thing: Brain-Computer Interface as a Service
posted first at Nanalyze.com This year I learned about a mind-blowing advance in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology for recording and interpreting neural signals. Founded by a wealthy and outsized personality, the West Coast startup has raised more than $100 million to advance the boundaries of neuroscience, augment human memory, and perhaps meld mind and machine in […]
Biometric Security Update: An Overview in the Covid-19 Era
Biometric identity was once the future: but what happens when they aren’t accurate or secure? Biometrics is a powerful technological advancement in the identification and security space. But with that power comes a deep need for accountability and close ethical scrutiny. After all, journalists have recently found that in places like Detroit, facial recognition devices […]
Biometric Identity Issues: Robert Williams Wrongful Arrest
The well documented wrongful arrest of Robert Williams is symptomatic of what happens when human beings delegate decision-making to technology that is not well proven or well vetted for accuracy. This is especially problematic when it comes to Black communities, because these algorithms are demonstrably less accurate with Black faces. (Details here) Robert Williams was […]
A Biometric Reckoning: Recognizing the Power of Technology in the Face of the BLM Protests
The murder of George Floyd happened one month ago. Since then, protesters in the hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to proclaim that Black Lives Matter (#blacklivesmatter) and to ask for police accountability in the face of systematic racism. The vast majority of these protesters have been peaceful people exercising their first amendment rights […]
Biometrics Drive the Future of Payments
> Reprint: Payments Next by Ned Hayes, General Manager, SureID It’s Monday, and you need a little brain fuel in the form of caffeine intake. When you pull up to the ordering station, you name your drink. When you order, you tap the kiosk with one finger. A moment later, you pick up the […]
INTERVIEW: Ned Hayes on Biometrics and the Human Element of Identity
> Reprint: Find Biometrics April 15, 2019 FindBiometrics Director of Digital Content, Susan Stover, spoke with Ned Hayes, General Manager of Sure ID. Their discussion starts on the topic of SureID’s decades-long history in access management and identity, and its recent “re-start up”, before delving into the aspects of its biometric technology that differentiate it in the […]
Ethics and Biometric Identity
Reprint: Security InfoWatch Biometrics represent a huge advancement from the centuries-old use of paper documentation but with a price Ned Hayes Mar 18th, 2019 Biometrics is a powerful technological advancement in the identification and security space. But with that power comes a deep need for accountability and close ethical scrutiny. Alice enters a twelve-digit […]
The Biometric Threat
> Reprint: CPO Magazine. In a recent survey, a majority of consumers told IBM that they’re comfortable using biometrics, and 87% even said they’d be comfortable using biometrics as their only authentication means in the future. Millennials proved the most at ease with new tech, with 75% reporting that using biometric identifiers was not a […]