The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

How do deaf people enjoy concerts? ASL rock stars Amber Galloway and Julian Ortiz are sign language interpreters for live ...

Disney fans who are hard-of-hearing or otherwise can enjoy an upcoming Disney+ special that recreates classic Disney songs through ASL.

Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process human speech in different languages. The extent to which these models replicate ...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are using a new facial recognition smartphone app called Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of both US citizens and immigrants. They point a phone ...

The potential generative AI in healthcare is enormous. They can generate patient education materials or clinical notes in seconds, flag incomplete documentation to keep care on track, or even suggest ...

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office plans to sign a contract for facial recognition technology, surprising some county officials. Sheriff Denita Ball signed an intent to contract with Biometrica, a ...

An effort to end a contract with a technology company that provides automated license plate readers failed during a City ...

The use of automatic license plate readers has exploded across the country in recent years. The cameras on roads and freeways that take images of the back of passing cars are popular with police for ...

The Sheriff's Office cited valid concerns from advocates about the use of the technology to obtain data, but left open the ...