[whohit]Amazon pauses police access to AI tool[/whohit]One day after IBM said that it’s exiting the facial recognition business, Amazon said it would place a “one-year pause” on allowing police to use its facial recognition tool.
While IBM will no longer offer, develop or research facial recognition software, Amazon is using a moratorium in the hope that Congress will “put in place appropriate rules for ethical use of facial recognition.”
Studies have shown that the technology is inferior at identifying the gender of people with dark faces.
Tech companies are facing increased scrutiny over their contracts with law enforcement agencies amid crackdowns on protests against police racism and brutality across the country.
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