The female patient, suffering from a life-threatening illness, had to be turned away and died after the ambulance carrying her was diverted. If the investigation leads to a prosecution, it would be the first confirmed case in which a person has died as the direct consequence of a cyberattack.

The Portland, Ore., City Council unanimously adopted two landmark ordinances banning city and private use of facial recognition technology. The first bars all city bureaus from acquiring or using the controversial technology with minimal exceptions for personal verification. The second blocks private entities from using the software that scans faces to identify them in all public accommodations.

Business Iinsider speaks with two neuroscientists discuss elements of Elon Musk's Neuralink whitepaper, highlighting three potential advancements made in the proposed design of the implant.

Experts at the University of Tokyo are combining machine learning with brain imaging tools to distinguish between those with a mental health condition, specifically schizophrenia and autism.

Pressure is mounting on ministers to let teacher-assessed grades stand in England to avoid a second wave of exams chaos hitting GCSE results this week. About 40% of A-Level results were downgraded after the exams regulator Ofqual used an algorithm based on schools' previous results.

Accusations of unfairness over this year's A-level results in England have focused on an "algorithm" for deciding results of exams cancelled by the pandemic.

More than a dozen companies offer artificial-intelligence programs that promise to identify a person’s race, but researchers and even some vendors worry it will fuel discrimination

Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled in the case of civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges, who argued that South Wales Police caused him “distress” by scanning his face as he shopped in 2017 and as he attended a peaceful anti-arms protest in 2018.

How coronavirus has accelerated the replacement of humans for safety reasons, and its potential ramifications on the work landscape.

The New York legislature passed a moratorium on the use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in schools until 2022. The bill, which has yet to be signed, comes in response to the launch of facial recognition by the Lockport City School District and appears to be the first in the nation to explicitly regulate or ban use of the technology in schools.