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Face recognition researcher fights Amazon over biased AI

Phys.org - Wed 3 Apr 19

Facial recognition technology was already seeping into everyday life—from your photos on Facebook to police scans of mugshots—when Joy Buolamwini noticed a serious glitch: Some of the software ...

Amazon receives challenge from face recognition researcher over biased AI

USA today - Thu 4 Apr 19

Joy Buolamwini's work has caught the attention of political leaders and led some to seek limits on the use of computer vision tools to analyze human faces.        

AI experts want Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to police - CNET

CNET - Wed 3 Apr 19

The researchers cite a study that criticizes Amazon's AI tech.

AI researchers tell Amazon to stop selling ‘flawed’ facial recognition to the police

The Verge - Wed 3 Apr 19

AI researchers from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and a number of top universities have called on Amazon to stop selling its facial recognition technology to law enforcement. In ...

Amazon says face recognition fears are “insignificant.” The SEC disagrees

Fastcompany Tech - Thu 4 Apr 19

Investor proposals limiting Amazon’s face recognition sales can now proceed after the company argued they concerned “an insignificant public policy issue.” The Securities ...