The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) recently showcased its improved face authentication facility, powered by its in-house Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) engines, under the theme of “reimagining Aadhaar #authentication” at the Global Fintech Festival (GFF) 2023 in Mumbai.
Under its Volunteer Guideline 2022, the UIDAI has been encouraging industry and fintech partners to collaborate with UIDAI with larger objective to enable faster technology adoption and to find better solutions and products to serve the residents better.
Under this policy, the UIDAI has worked with Airtel Payments Bank to improve the resident experience component for face authentication. This was achieved through both teams working to ensure optimised capture under low light condition while integrating better fraud detection and prevention mechanisms.
Besides, partner use-cases like attendance systems for beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and for customer acquisition process by banks, were also demonstrated.
The UIDAI also presented the roadmap to enable innovation within a new sandbox environment and an innovation lab at the UIDAI Tech Centre to facilitate R&D and innovation.
