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NIST FRTE 1:1 update shows shifting leaders, persistent demographic disparities
NIST's latest Face Recognition Technology Evaluation (FRTE) 1:1 report, released September 1, 2026, shows meaningful movement among leading algorithms across several benchmarks. Twenty-one developers submitted results — eight new to the evaluation, thirteen returning with updated software — and Visa-to-Visa aside, nearly every category saw at least one algo…