A facial recognition tool that Amazon.com Inc sells to web developers wrongly identified 28 members of Congress as police suspects, in a test conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the organization said on Thursday.
Amazon, in a response, said it took issue with the settings of its face ID tool during the test. The findings nonetheless highlight the risks that individuals could face if police use the technology in certain ways to catch criminals.
Since May, the ACLU and other civil rights groups have pressured Amazon to stop selling governments access to Rekognition, a powerful image ID software unveiled in 2016 by the company's cloud-computing division.
The groups cited use of Rekognition by law enforcement in Oregon and Florida and warned that the tool could be used to target immigrants and people of color unfairly.
Their activism has kicked off a public debate. The president of Microsoft Corp, Amazon's rival which also uses facial recognition technology, called on Congress earlier this month to study possible regulations.
The ACLU said it wants Congress to enact a moratorium on use of the technology by law enforcement.
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6 comments:
Check again. Some of those members of congress might not be what you think.
Go wth it. The 28 members of congress probably should be arrested for something anyway.
You say if As IF THEY WON'T use it to track you and to Identify you!!! They already use it now along with other kinds of tech... Remember folks we are in a police state now...
I suspect the computer recognizes the criminal-type images.
Amazon made no mistake.
I can think of at least 28 members of Congress that SHOULD have mug shots.
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