The G2 Weekly Podcast delivers insights into the world of identity and biometrics. Each week, the podcast will cover important developments in the field, making it a valuable resource for professionals in various sectors.

(May 13, 2025 - May 20, 2025)

• AI, Biometrics, & Identity: A Rapidly Evolving Landscape - Discover why the interplay between identity, biometrics, and AI regulation is changing faster than governments and vendors can keep up.

• Ethical Frontiers Tested by New Tools - Learn about tools like FaceAge, which not only estimates age but assesses survival odds from facial features, raising urgent questions about ethics in biometric scoring.

• Unregulated Surveillance Concerns - Understand how U.S. police agencies are reportedly using AI to track people based on non-biometric traits, escalating fears over unregulated surveillance.

• Litigation vs. Innovation - See how ongoing legal battles (like Illinois' biometric privacy lawsuits) and breakthrough tech (deepfake detection in cochlear implants) are testing the boundaries of biometric governance.

• Seamless Travel & Growing Threats - Get insights into the global expansion of seamless travel with biometrics, alongside the emerging threat vector of fraud in loyalty programs.

• Biometrics Go Global and Diverse - From Germany's biometric kiosks for ID to the U.S. Air Force's biometric kit contracts and Tencent exploring palm payments in Thailand, see the breadth of biometrics use cases.

• The Privacy Challenge Returns - Hear about alarming gains in face reconstruction from biometric templates, renewing critical calls for privacy-preserving biometric storage.

• Age Assurance Takes Center Stage - Learn why age assurance is a heated policy debate across the EU, UK, U.S., and Kenya, with new regulations and proposed laws emerging.

• Fighting Fraud in a Digital World - Explore the focus on faster identity proofing and the battle against fraud-as-a-service syndicates, highlighted by warnings about porous federal defenses.

• Digital Wallets: Friction Meets Growth - Navigate the mixed landscape of digital wallets and verifiable credentials, noting criticisms like EUDI Wallet data oversharing alongside milestones like Verifiable Credentials becoming a W3C standard.

• Global South on the Rise - See how countries like Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, Pakistan, and Uganda are advancing national and digital ID projects, and the push for the Global South to have a stronger voice in digital policy.

• Deepfake Threats Require Urgent Action - Understand warnings from the FTC about dangerously underdeveloped deepfake takedown infrastructure and efforts to bring media forensics tools to market.

• Innovation vs. Oversight: The Core Tension - Grasp the central theme: as the identity and biometrics industry moves fast, driven by innovation, risks are also evolving rapidly, creating a persistent tension with the need for oversight and regulation.

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