Being in the facial recognition space we see a lot of news come through every week. We decided to try and compile a list of some of the best and most interesting news for our customers sprinkled in with what we are working on as well.
Our Favorite Story of the Week
Pay per laugh? It's a reality at one theatre in Spain.
The more you enjoy the show the more you will pay.
More Facial Recognition News
Is the FBI jealous of Facebook's DeepFace facial recognition engine?
The Verge thinks so, but here at Kairos we have a different opinion. Any facial recognition system is only as good as the quality of the images used to enroll a subject and the quality of the meta data around the enrollments.
In the case of the FBI they have very good enrollment images and meta-data (based on mug shots) but the images they are matching against are often of poor quality. They are from low resolution security cameras or captured with the person facing away from the camera. Facebook has a different issue. They have high resolution and high quality photos, many or most of which the subject is looking into the camera, but often these images are not tagged with the correct meta-data. For example, any pictures of my children automatically get tagged by Facebook with my wife's name because she has their picture and not hers as her profile photo.
Our advice, as with all news, take the headlines with a grain of salt.
Unlocking your front door with your face
Are you ready to open your door with facial recognition? It's coming whether you're ready or not. Link
Smile for TV?
Only watch TV when you are smiling? Maybe... Link
Are you really watching those advertisements?
The BBC is testing viewer engagement using facial recognition for expressions. Link
Want to use Match.com's new facial match service?
MTV of all places gives us some pretty sound reasons why Match.com's pricey new use of facial recognition to find a new partner that looks like your "ex" may backfire. Link
Kairos Update
What are we working on?
Since our major API update last week we have been receiving a lot of feedback from you and had some great conversations. We are incorporating this into our roadmap as quickly as possible. Keep it up!
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Watch this space for more info on what's next for the Kairos API
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Cole Calistra - @kairoscto
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