facial recognition
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Detroit Police Chief Admits Face Recognition Doesn’t Work ’95-97% of the Time’
During a public meeting on Monday, Detroit Police Chief James Craig estimated the facial recognition technology used by his department fails to identify suspects accurately “96% of the time,” adding that nearly every case would go unsolved if police relied solely on the technology to identify suspects.
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Amazon Takes Bold Stance Against Momentary Bad Optics
For the second time in a week, Amazon is trying to score PR brownie points for doing next to nothing in the wake of global anti-racist protests — this time for the weakest possible concession around some of its most dangerous software. And so intones our humble refrain: Fuck off!
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Police Used Face Recognition To Arrest Over 1,100 People In India Last Month
Shortly after one of the worst riots New Delhi has seen in decades, law enforcement agencies in India used facial recognition technology to identify more than 1,100 people who allegedly took part in those riots at the end of February. India’s home minister, Amit Shah, told parliament that law enforcement provided its facial recognition system…
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Australian Police Are Using Clearview AI Facial Recognition With No Accountability
Australian police agencies are reportedly using a private, unaccountable facial recognition service that combines machine learning and wide-ranging data-gathering practices to identify members of the public from online photographs.