Facial Recognition

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November 5, 2023
The AI industry has the civil rights community calling for caution, particularly regarding AI technology and law enforcement.
September 26, 2023
A Black man says the use of facial recognition technology by a sheriff's detective in Louisiana led to his arrest…
August 10, 2023
The Detroit police chief said he's setting new policies on the use of facial-recognition technology after Porcha Woodruff, who was…
Video shows NYPD recording people leaving a concert
January 23, 2023
An NYPD spokesperson said video shot on Jan. 21, 2023 of concert-goers leaving a Drake show has no surveillance criminal…
January 3, 2023
Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive…
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September 4, 2021
Facebook has apologized after a video featuring Black men was labeled as a video featuring “primates” by artificial intelligence software.
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July 15, 2021
A local roller skating rink in Michigan has come under fire using facial recognition software that misidentified a Black teenager.
May 19, 2021
Amazon hoped leaders in Congress would create a law that would ensure its ethical use, but no bill of the…
April 14, 2021
Facial recognition systems misidentify Asian and Black people up to 100 times more than white men. It remains in use,…
July 6, 2020
Facial recognition technology has demonstrated clear racial bias with some algorithms up to 100 times better at identifying white people.
July 4, 2020
With the largest population of Black americans, Detroit activists are on a missison to end what they deem racist facial…
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June 11, 2020
[griojw id=”BEk0ioRG” playerid=””] Amid nationwide protests against police brutality, Amazon has announced a moratorium on the use of its facial
December 20, 2019
Software programmers still have more steps to go in order to develop facial recognition applications that do not discriminate against…