What is TSA's PreCheck Touchless ID facial recognition? How to use it

TSA PreCheck 'Touchless ID' uses facial recognition to speed up airport security. Learn how to sign up and where it's ...
Engadget

Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to ...
The Hill

Enabling this TSA feature could save you hours in airport security lines

(NEXSTAR) – When I had to catch a flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, the airport’s official website said getting through the main security line would take ...
TechCrunch

World launches tool to verify humans behind AI shopping agents

World, co-founded by Sam Altman, is dedicated to creating what it calls “proof of human” tech — ID verification tools for an internet increasingly overrun by AI-generated content of dubious quality.
WRIC

DMV pushes Virginia Mobile ID as more businesses, agencies test using it

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles says over 100,000 residents now use a mobile ID. The department said the more Virginians that use it, the more businesses and agencies ...
Wired

Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans

An ongoing and heated dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic is raising new questions about how the startup’s technology is actually used inside the US military. In late February, Anthropic ...
AOL

1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak

Things like your name, home address, date of birth and even your Social Security number may have been sitting on the open internet. Researchers say an unprotected database tied to IDMerit, a company ...
The Verge

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet

After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ licenses, experts warn the discrimination will extend to online spaces. After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ ...
The New York Times

Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work. By Julian E. Barnes ...
PCGamesN

If they want to get paid, some Twitch streamers will need to use the same identity verification service Discord just ditched

Just weeks after Discord u-turned itself out of a Persona-related mess, another gaming-adjacent company has embraced the controversial digital verification service. Some Twitch streamers now have to ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...
The Verge

Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet

In the US, lawmakers are pushing forward bills like the App Store Accountability Act and Parents Over Platforms Act to have app stores themselves verify users’ ages. Apple now requires users in the UK ...