Amazon facial recognition thinks 28 Congressmen look like known criminals -- at default settings

Amazon facial recognition thinks 28 Congressmen look like known criminals -- at default settings

6 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-facial-recognition-thinks-28-congressmen-look-like-known-criminals-at-default-settings/

Amazon is trying to sell its Rekognition facial recognition technology to law enforcment, but the American Civil Liberties Union doesn't think that's a very good idea. And today, the ACLU provided some seemingly compelling evidence -- by using Amazon's own tool to compare 2,500 criminal mugshots to members of Congress. 

Sure enough, Amazon's tool thought 28 different members of Congress looked like people who've been arrested.