Oxford researchers warn that facial recognition lab scores don’t reflect real-world failures, raising risks of bias, wrongful arrests, and unfair policing.

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Sainsbury’s is to use controversial face recognition technology in its stores for the first time. However, the use of facial recognition has been heavily criticised by privacy groups. Campaign group ...

Sainsbury’s is set to introduce controversial facial recognition technology across its UK shops, beginning with a trial in two initial locations. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain has informed ...

Sainsbury's is planning to introduce facial recognition technology across its supermarkets in a bid to identify shoplifters. The UK's second largest supermarket has begun an eight-week trial in two ...

Bunnings may introduce facial recognition cameras to help curb crime in store. Source: Getty & Bunnings Bunnings is standing firm that facial recognition cameras in stores would be a good solution in ...

Wesfarmers chief executive Rob Scott has accused Victoria’s Allan government of treating businesses as a cash cow and urged it to do more to combat crime gangs targeting Bunnings stores in the state, ...

SAINSBURY’S could introduce facial recognition in its more than 1,400 UK shops to combat rising theft and abuse of staff. The supermarket chain — Britain’s second largest — will begin trialling the ...

Sainsbury’s will soon introduce facial recognition across its supermarkets, in a move privacy campaigners told Metro is ‘chilling’. The divisive technology will be trialled for eight weeks at the ...

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