Law enforcement agencies are using Rekognition, Amazon’s facial recognition system, to identify people and track them in real time. Orlando has the ability to identify faces in real-time via a network of cameras located across the city. Media Lab found that three AI-powered facial recognition systems — Microsoft, IBM, and Face++ — identified men more accurately than women and performed better on lighter-skinned faces than those with dark skin despite having fairly high accuracy overall. A 2016 study from Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology found that over 117 million American adults are included in facial recognition databases used by law enforcement agencies. The databases have a disproportionate effect on African-Americans, said Clare Garvie, one of the lead researchers, at the time.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2018 22:07 UTC