Demographic bias gaps are closing in face recognition, but how training images are sourced is becoming the field’s biggest privacy fight.

Coronavirus face masks can confuse facial recognition technology, government researchers announced Monday.

For starters, remember, this study was done on pre-pandemic algorithms. NIST already has a study in the works to look at facial-recognition technology specifically designed for the face-mask era.

It should be noted, however, that the anti-facial recognition designs are not failproof, and some algorithms are already being developed to overcome them.