Detroit Woman Files Lawsuit After Facial Recognition Misidentifies Her As A Carjacking Suspect
After asking police officers how can she be guilty of a recent carjacking when she was eight months pregnant, her plea went unheard, and she...
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Black Man Wrongfully Jailed After Facial Recognition Technology Leads To Mistaken-Identity Arrest
Critics say the tool misidentifies people of color more than white subjects. Can we catch a break?...
Racial Justice Org Blasts Amazon One-Year Ban of Facial Recognition Software as ‘Bare Minimum’
The Action Center on Race and the Economy has called Amazon's one-year ban of its Rekognition software to law enforcement agencies the "bare minimum."...
Amazon’s Facial Recognition Software Falsely Identified Athletes As Criminals
Amazon's facial recognition software, "Rekognition," falsely identified 27 professional athletes as criminals, according to an ACLU report....
Google Suspends Facial Recognition Research After Reportedly Targeting Homeless Black People
Google suspends its facial recognition research after a report that its contractors were targeting black homeless people....
Black CEO’s Battle for His Company and Reputation Raises Question: Are Successful Black Founders Being Forced Out of Their Businesses?
A black CEO's recent battle for his company and reputation stirs up troubling questions about white investors and treatment of black founders....
Brooklyn Apartment Tenants Rise Up Against Landlord’s Plans to Install Facial Recognition Technology
African American tenants are fighting a landlord’s plans to install facial recognition technology in their Brooklyn building....
PopCom Captures Customer Data Through Facial Recognition Software
The company recently raised $1 million to bring this technology to market with the goal of making all self-service vending machines and kiosks smarter. ...
This Week in Tech Racism
Biased artificial intelligence; black riders wait longer using Uber and Lyft; CBC outraged with Facebook, and more, in this week's roundup....
ACLU Says Facial Recognition Tech is Racially Biased
The ACLU is calling for the DOJ to investigate concerns over facial recognition technology inaccurately identifying black Americans in crime investigations...