Baidu Offers Facial Recognition Technology to Help Beijing Airport Streamline Boarding, Traffic
Aug. 24, 2017
Baidu, the dominant Chinese internet search operator that’s trying to recast itself as a leader in artificial intelligence, will provide its technology to streamline the operations and improve efficiency at Beijing’s main airfield.
The company will provide the airport with its AI-enabled facial recognition technology for the admission of ground crew and staff, gradually expanding the capability to verify the identities of passengers. Eventually, passengers will be able to board their flights just by having their faces scanned at the airport, with the “face as boarding pass” capability ready for implementation as early as 2018, Baidu said.
