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The EU AI Act is Here: What Does It Mean for Biometric Border Security Technology?

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22nd July 202627th July 2026

On 1 August 2024, the EU AI Act entered into force. Most of its provisions apply from 2 August 2026. For anyone developing, deploying, or procuring AI systems for use in border management or identity verification, the clock is ticking. The Act is the…

Algorithms That Explain Themselves: The Case for Explainable Biometric AI

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James Ferryman

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10th June 20269th June 2026

Imagine a border officer is presented with a screen showing that the face recognition system has flagged a passport photograph as a possible morphing attack. The system’s confidence score reads 0.73. The threshold is 0.5. The algorithm says: reject. …