Google has used feedback from the Early Access program to tune its AI models around vision. The Familiar Face algorithm will ...

Researchers have now taught an AI algorithm to model first impressions and accurately predict how people will be perceived based on a photograph of their face. When two people meet, they instantly ...

When two people meet, they instantly size each other up, making snap judgments about everything from the other person’s age to their intelligence or trustworthiness based solely on the way they look.

Imagine facial recognition technology capable of identifying faces turned at any angle, or even faces partially obscured from view. Three researchers from Yahoo Labs and Stanford University have ...

A new algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person's overall appearance. Do you have a forgettable face? Many of us go to great lengths to make our faces more ...

Back in 2001, two computer scientists, Paul Viola and Michael Jones, triggered a revolution in the field of computer face detection. After years of stagnation, their breakthrough was an algorithm that ...

Some faces are more memorable than others. The brain processes visual cues to decide if a face or an image will stay lodged in the memory bank. What if a network could be trained to imitate that ...

The ability to take one person’s face or expression and superimpose it onto a video of another person has recently become possible. In particular, pornographic videos called “deepfakes” have emerged ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Face masks are one of the best defenses against the spread of COVID-19, but ...