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Test Proves Amazon’s Facial Recognition System Is Faulty as 28 Lawmakers Are ID’d as Criminals
Amazon’s facial recognition tool mistakenly matched the faces of 28 members of Congress with criminals in mugshots and disproportionately misidentified people of color, a new test by the American Civil Liberties Union revealed.
For the test, the civil rights organization compared photos of congressional lawmakers with a database of roughly 250,000 mug shots, Huffington Post reported. Of the 28 misidentified legislators, 39 percent were non-white, including Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) and Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.)... Read More.
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