An American Civil Liberties Union experiment with Amazon’s facial recognition software showed the technology confused 28 lawmakers with the mugshots of criminals.
Since this is Congress we’re talking about, we should be clear: The lawmakers aren’t criminals. The pictures that Amazon’s “Rekognition” software matched to them were of different people.
This stunt is intended to serve as a wake-up call for lawmakers and law enforcement leaders about the potential problems of using facial recognition software to identify suspects. Privacy and technology experts and activists have been warning for years that the technology remains far too flawed to be used to identify criminal subjects, and the tech struggles particularly with differentiating between the faces of minorities.
Source: Amazon Facial Recognition Confuses Members of Congress with Criminals
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