Amazon’s facial recognition mistakenly labels 26 California lawmakers as criminals
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2019/08/13/amazons-facial-recognition-mistakenly-labels-26-california-lawmakers-as-criminals/
As government agencies continue to push for the deployment of facial recognition systems, you needn’t look far to see why that’s bad news. To illustrate the point, the ACLU conducted a test of Amazon’s Rekognition software — facial recognition tech currently being used by US law enforcement — in which it incorrectly identified 26 California lawmakers as matches in a criminal database.
We’ll pause while you chuckle at the “politicians are criminals” jokes running through your head.
