Face recognition software matched US politicians to police mugshots Kristoffer Tripplaar / Alamy Stock Photo
Face recognition technology sold by Amazon incorrectly matched 28 politicians with people arrested for a crime, an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union has found. The findings raise further concerns about the use of similar technology by police departments in the US and beyond.
Amazon’s Rekognition is an image analysis service that offers the ability to automatically comb huge quantities of still pictures and video. It can detect objects and sensitive content, extract on-screen text, and compare faces to a reference image.
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