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Foundation Models Come to Biometrics: What GPT-Scale AI Means for Identity Verification

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
9th September 2026

The arrival of large language models fundamentally changed how people think about AI. Instead of training a specialist model for each task from scratch, a single enormous model trained on vast quantities of data could be adapted to perform a remarkab…

Foundation Models Come to Biometrics: What GPT-Scale AI Means for Identity Verification

Training the Machine: Why Datasets and Benchmarks Are the Unsung Heroes of Biometric AI

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
26th August 2026

When a new face recognition algorithm claims state-of-the-art performance, or a morphing attack detector reports a near-zero error rate, the natural question is: state-of-the-art on what? Error rate on which dataset, evaluated under which conditions,…

Training the Machine: Why Datasets and Benchmarks Are the Unsung Heroes of Biometric AI

Smarter Borders: The EU Entry/Exit System and the Challenge of Real-Time Fraud Detection

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
1st July 20265th July 2026

When the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) is fully operational, it will represent the largest expansion of biometric data collection at European borders in history. Third-country nationals entering the Schengen Area will have their facial image and fingerp…

Smarter Borders: The EU Entry/Exit System and the Challenge of Real-Time Fraud Detection

Spotting the Impostor: The Science of Presentation Attack Detection

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
6th May 2026

Biometric systems — face recognition at a border gate, fingerprint verification at a bank, iris scanning at an eGate — are increasingly embedded in everyday life. And wherever a biometric system stands guard, someone will try to fool it. Presentation…

Spotting the Impostor: The Science of Presentation Attack Detection

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