Eric Schmidt, speaking at Google’s “Big Tent” conference on internet privacy, said he’s concerned about the surprising accuracy of facial recognition technology, writes Matt Warman for The Telegraph. Apparently, Schmidt said Google was unlikely to build a database capable of recognizing individual faces even though it is increasingly possible. Indeed, a recent TechySpot post discusses Google’s Picasa picture manager, which already does an amazing job of recognizing people from pictures saved on your PC. Although Schmidt has indicated facial recognition is “creepy,” he believes “some company…is going to cross that line.” READ MORE
