Is AI better at recognizing faces than you?

A new study digs into whether artificial intelligence is better than humans at recognizing faces.

Facial recognition is now a fixture of modern life, powering everything from national border security to the simple convenience of unlocking a smartphone. However, these advancements bring significant risks to privacy, equity, and civil rights.

While AI can now match faces as accurately as humans, the specific logic these algorithms use to calculate similarity r...