How Does Face Recognition Technology Work?

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The technology is being used in various places where it's useful for people to understand or predict how humans might behave, or what their personalities might be. For example, in recruitment, job seekers expressions can be analyzed. A company called human does this when you have an h r person who has to go through maybe thousands and thousands of resume. They come to it with their own biases and their own set of human quirks,. which includes fatigue after you look at too many applications. But the point is, maybe these technologies can help mitigate some of those sot of human issues and failures. So it's just really a away for companies. Also, save money, save time, and that's another

AT&T is nearing a deal to combine its content unit WarnerMedia with rival Discovery to create a media giant to compete in streaming, the insurance group Axa said one of its Asian business units was the victim of a “targeted ransomware attack”, and the EU plans to throw its weight behind a push to expand vaccine manufacturing in Africa. Plus, the FT’s European technology correspondent, Madhumita Murgia, explains why companies see potential in emotional recognition technology.

AT&T nears deal to create $150bn streaming giant with Discovery

https://www.ft.com/content/5aeba5f9-2e00-4cba-b9c7-e0431aad798b

Axa’s Asian operations hit in ransomware attack

https://www.ft.com/content/4443da60-6d90-4d27-b300-b0896425f99f?

EU to back expansion of vaccine production capacity in Africa

https://www.ft.com/content/d2a47c7e-0b00-4e31-92ab-cd3ff0b9070b

Emotion recognition: can AI detect human feelings from a face?

https://www.ft.com/content/c0b03d1d-f72f-48a8-b342-b4a926109452?

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