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Responsible AI investments and safeguards for Facial Recognition
Target retirement date: July 01, 2023
The Cognitive Services team has updated our approach to facial recognition including adding a new Limited Access policy, removing AI classifiers of sensitive attributes and bolstering our investments in fairness and transparency.
May 2021
Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021
Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure Applied AI Services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, Azure Video Analyzer is now in public preview. The service brings Live Video Analytics and Video Indexer together so developers can quickly build AI-powered video analytics solutions.
September 2020
Azure Cognitive Search - Managed identity support and Private Endpoints are GA
You can now request Azure Cognitive Search to create an outbound private endpoint connection in order to securely access data from such data sources via indexers . You can also create identity for a search service in Azure Active Directory, then use RBAC permissions to grant the identity permissions to Azure data sources.
October 2019
Azure Media Indexer is being retired
Target retirement date: January 01, 2023
A year ago we announced the general availability of Azure Video Indexer, which is built on the capabilities of Azure Media Analytics, Azure Search, and Cognitive Services. This enables you to extract a rich set of machine learning insights based on multiple channels of your media files, all integrated together in one call and on a shared timeline.
April 2019
Video Indexer is now ISO, SOC, HiTRUST, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI certified
Video Indexer has received new certifications to fit with enterprise certification requirements.
March 2019
Video Indexer is now ISO, SOC, HiTRUST, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI certified
Video Indexer has received new certifications to fit with enterprise certification requirements.
May 2017
Microsoft Cognitive Services—Video Indexer
Video Indexer will soon be available free in preview. This new service will represent one of the industry’s most comprehensive video AI services.
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