Black and Asian faces misidentified more often by facial recognition software

Friday, December 20, 2019 - 08:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of colour more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology widely used by law enforcement agencies.

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