Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach incorporating Facial Expression Recognition (FER) to improve emotional and contextual understanding in Vision-Language Pretraining (VLP) model-generated ...

In clinical communication, it is believed that accurately understanding and appropriately responding to patients’ emotions contributes to treatment effectiveness and patient satisfaction. Recently, ...

Editor’s note: The above video is from a related story that KXAN reported in April 2025. AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department has released its latest report of instances in which it used ...

An email detailed Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman paused the department's pursuit and use of facial recognition technology. Months of public concerns prompted Norman's change. Now, the ...

Civil liberty advocates and some lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the privacy risks of federal agents using surveillance toolkits during immigration enforcement operations. Using facial recognition ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is co-leading new federal legislation aimed at banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection from using facial ...

Northern Ireland may soon follow England and Wales in allowing police to use facial recognition to generate investigative leads based on biometric matches. “At this stage, we are engaging with these ...

Federal use of facial recognition and related surveillance technologies has expanded decisively into the monitoring of domestic protest activity, according to a growing body of reporting and firsthand ...

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. By Sheera ...

Less than a year after Phoenix police touted an arrest in a cold case murder, prosecutors quietly dropped charges against a Mexican man who defense attorneys claim was the victim of a botched ...