Face Recognition Is Being Banned—but It’s Still Everywhere Two dozen cities and states prohibit use of the tech. But it’s on phones and is increasingly used in airports and in banks.

A group of researchers says that artificial intelligence can be used to trick most biometric face scanners.

In some cases, face recognition algorithms became 10 times better at making matches than their pre-pandemic versions, the study found.

While testing of facial recognition for accuracy and fairness across race, sex, and other characteristics is critical, the tests do not take full account of practical realities. There is no laboratory ...