Why Amazon's New Facial-Recognition AI for Ring Doorbells Has Privacy Experts Worried

Why Amazon's new facial-recognition AI for Ring doorbells has privacy experts worried

Ring users in most of the US can now save up to fifty faces in the app, allowing for more personalized notifications. But the convenience probably isn't worth the sacrifice in privacy.

Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial recognition feature to video doorbells

Amazon says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train AI models.

Ring’s Facial-Recognition Feature Sparks Privacy Debate

Ring’s new Familiar Faces feature uses facial recognition to identify visitors, offering convenience while raising fresh privacy and security concerns.

Amazon Begins US Rollout of Ring Facial-Recognition Feature

Amazon has begun rolling out an AI-powered facial-recognition feature for its Ring video doorbells in the United States, enabling devices to identify visitors by name after users label faces in the Ring app. The feature, called “Familiar Faces,” was announced earlier this year and is now being released to Ring device owners nationwide. How the Familiar Faces Feature Works Amazon said the feature allows users to create a catalog of up to 50 faces…

Ring ‘Familiar Faces’ is here, but is it a handy feature or a privacy nightmare?

Amazon-owned smart home company Ring has begun to roll out its AI-based Familiar Faces facial recognition technology that will identify and name visitors to your home via the video doorbell camera. The controversial update announced in September will enable Ring Video Doorbell owners to build a database of up to 50 people they know. So, the app notifications might let you know when your family members or the postman is at your front door. It’ll …