DeepFace by Facebook Is Better than FBI’s Best, Called NGI

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Facebook, ever on the edge chasing dollars better than most, has announced DeepFace, its facial recognition program that more than 97% of the time gets it right. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/facebooks-facial-recognition-tech-now-better-fbis-heres-thats-scary/

Despite spending more than a billion dollars, the best the FBI’s new program, Next Generation Identification (NGI), can do is about 80%.  Of course, Facebook’s commercial agenda differs significantly from the FBI’s law enforcement mission.

Nonetheless, analysts at HFS note that much of the planet is moving away from anonymity towards something never before known, at a rapid pace.  Will the new Facebook tech be used by law enforcers through their Open Mind software?  Of course it will.

What do you think?

 

 

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