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Amazon face recognition falsely identifies 28 members of Congress as past arrestees, ACLU finds

26 Jul 2018 · Jeremy Leggett
This is a guest post by Jeremy Leggett. Views are the author's own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of MyGridGB or Dr Andrew Crossland.

With a disproportionate number of people of colour. In face of calls to cease selling their Rekognition product, Amazon is resistant, defensive.

The ACLU used a database of 25,000 public arrest photos. 11 of the 28 falsely identified were people of colour: 40%. People of colour make up only 20% of Congress.

Image: BBC news screenshot