Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is preparing to roll out face recognition-based attendance system for its 5,312 sanitary workers to tackle absenteeism and fake muster entries that have ...

Indore: Imagine walking into a lecture hall and being marked present without saying a word. This futuristic experience is now closer to reality, thanks to an AI-powered attendance system developed by ...

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Experts highlight alarming dangers of face recognition in schools, urging government prioritise child safety, privacy, community-based accountability, warning risks from surveillance, misuse A strong ...

Imagine a world where your face is your ID card. No more lost swipe cards, broken biometric scanners, or long queues at the office gate. This isn’t science fiction anymore. With the rise of AI-powered ...

A state in southern India is facing severe backlash from child rights activists and experts after the authorities proposed to introduce an AI face recognition system to keep track of students’ ...

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Anganwadi workers staged a demonstration in Kalaburagi in Karnataka on August 21 opposing the introduction of Facial Recognition System (FRS) for beneficiaries under the Centre’s Integrated Child ...

The face recognition system is utilised in the Integrated Child Development Services scheme, and anganwadi workers need to register their attendance through it.

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A controversial new parking ticket system is bringing in more than triple the fines of the average warden, but a Lower Hutt man says drivers are being used as “guinea pigs”. Hutt City Council has ...