Technology giants facial rααecognition face sweep people '¶face every day into the norm
Time:2018-01-06
Views:454
Although in some areas, privacy con"¶cerns have prompted a slowdown in ≤γfacial recognition tec↓γ€↕hnology. But in China, many φγpeople are used to sφ¶ €canning the face every day. From pa≥πyment to visiting residential♣≈ areas, student hostels, hotels a€'&nd other places, often nee≤'&d to face scan. This techno♣₹λlogy has even been used to solve a ch$ ≠ronic problem for decades, nameφγ₩ly the frequent theft of theα ∞ Beijing Temple of Heaven toilet paper.÷↔ These public lavatorie φs now have automatic paper d÷ε§ischargers that recognize the user&lsπ☆γ☆quo;s face and prevent frequent eγntrants.
More importantly, Alib≠¥→★aba‘s online payment service,σ÷₹ Ant Financial, launches new ↑ε←÷features and its 450 million subscri<λ÷bers can access their online wallet thr∏≈★λough Selfie. China Construction★ Bank allows users to pay for fac →φial scans on some vendinλ↓♣g machines, and drop-trips for caβ$ r applications are als©σo using face recognition technology toδ€× validate drivers‘ ident<₩✘ities. Baidu has dev ®eloped doors that require ¶₩¶δfacial recognition to en✔£ter, and they can be used in offices≈' or Ticketing attractions.
The Chinese preference for this ×¥$technology has helped to create the woλ®rld‘s first facial ®★recognition "Unicorn,"≠£₩≈ Face ++ in Beijing,♦€∏→ which raised $ 100 million in the≠↔♦ third round of financing in ©©£πDecember 2016, valuing more than On♦✘★←e billion U.S. dollar< ♥s.
Face ++, a new visual s§↕ervices platform owned by Beijing-b©↓ased Megvii Ltd., has γ∏≥δlicensed its software σ÷to drip travel and a✔β←nt clothes. In many of China™©♠‘s most densely populated citie₽δ↔s, banks often have long qΩλ♣ueues at their door and Face ++ smelβ↔ls the first business opportunity. Th₩£e company said: "Y♠↑∑ou have to wait a long ×time before we can handle the b ™usiness we need, for which we provide f$$φace recognition for the financial tecγ<hnology department." Now,π∑ Face ++ plans to focus ∞♦ ♥on the retail industry.
Although the basic artificial intellige♥ nce research behind facial reco"λgnition technology in Chinεβ<a is similar to that in Europe and the ∑γ∑United States, China has gainε↕→'ed a leading positio✔"δn in commercial applications. Beijing U♣¶niversity of Aeronautics an>¥" d Astronautics human identificat♠♠≈ion technology expert Leng Biao (tλ∑σransliteration) said: &qu±γ σot;Google is not fully pur★ sued facial recognition te>$chnology, because it has∑↑£ a higher long-term desi$Ω₽re, in fact, facial recognition tech®€∞∏nology has been very matur≈¶e, but Chinese companies pay more att♠∞ention Short-term gains, the±σ<y face recognition techno✘↑logy as the forefront of ✔§÷the use of AI to get®✘ the fastest, the best way. "
Face recognition start-ups in China are≈∑↕ also gaining positive feedback:ε∞ the more widely used t←→'heir technologies, the better they wiλφ∑ll become. As busines®φ₩↔s applications in real life ε÷continue to increase, more and more dat€§∑φa is fed back into the system, which i§₹∞n turn helps to improve de✘€ ep learning. If all A≤ €I applications, access to data is crα"ucial. The combination of Chi•& na‘s vast popu'•↓lation and loose privacy laws<&☆ has made the cost of obtaining i$≥←↑nformation treasures extremely low.
Leng Biao said: "¥← ;China is not supervisin★&×g the collection of people&lsq↕§uo;s photos and collect∞ing data in China is far 'εeasier than in the United State≤$↓s. In the early days, you could even b•÷uy photos of other people for just $®∏✔₽ 5." Simmons & Simmons, S≤γ >hanghai "Until γ ≥2009, the first law explicitly bann♥$ing the abuse of personal ♦↓π information was introduced," &♦♦said Xun Yang, a law∑∏∑yer for the Chinese goverπ×λ≈nment.
In view of this, Chinese companiesγε' are even more daring ♠ in introducing facial ♥®☆recognition technolog&★y than their Western counterpa ε♣§rts. Eric Schmidt, pare♥÷ nt of Alphabet, the par∞ •★ent company of Google, ca♣Ω✘lled facial recognition "horrif"★ying" in 2011 a≠↑ nd promised not to create user ≥δ∑photo datasets. Until now, the commerci←→±al use of facial recogα>♠nition technology in the United Sta<σδ"tes has been limited ☆ βto people tagging soc∑¶ial media photos.
While Alphabet‘s sm£€art home unit, Nest, also int♠↔✔egrates facial recognition㙥 technology into its©φ∑ security camera, its capabilitiφγ≠es are limited in Illinois becau£ ≤≠se the state enforceπ×s strict biometric da♠↓$ta collection laws. I✘βn addition, facial recognition tπΩβ±echnology may also b←βΩσe abused. Unlike fingerprints, f↑→ αacial recognition can b¶☆e done passively, meaning that th€αe user may not know at all t ∞ hat he is being tested. The Chinese goΩδvernment applied fac≤©≠ial recognition technology©∏ to surveillance came&↕ras at train stations♦≤₽ to remind police of passenge™∑₹βrs who are forbidden to travel.£•
By complementing the government ←&✘∏ID system, China‘s future bi'★ometrics (including facial recognition)φ©" market is expanding. Chi₽Ω¶na has the largest data±←base of national identifica★♣™£tion photos in the world, with more t☆han 1 billion photos, compared to 400 m×'™illion in the United •☆→States. In addition, Chinese™<≈® people have become ac£ customed to inserting ID cards into chi×♦←p readers in order toδ>α& set cell phone numbers, buy tickets ★™and stay in hotels. China is also∞δπ the first country in the world to embeπ•±d radio frequency identification ×<δin ID cards.
