Friday, 24 March, 2023

Facial recognition: masks fail technology, study finds

<p>While many facial recognition companies have claimed they can identify people with pinpoint accuracy even when they&rsquo;re wearing face masks, the latest study shows that coverings are dramatically increasing error rates. For instance, during NIST&rsquo;s test, Rank One&rsquo;s algorithms without masks generated only a 0.6% error rate, which was increased to 34.5%, once the masks were on. The error rate ranges from 5-50 per cent and even goes up to 99%.</p>