Today, facial recognition software is being deployed by companies in various ways, including to help target product pitches based on social media profile pictures. Facial recognition technology is lightly regulated so far. Ms. Buolamwini, a young African-American computer scientist, experienced the bias of facial recognition firsthand. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBy then, face recognition software was increasingly moving out of the lab and into the mainstream. Ms. Buolamwini is releasing her data set for others to use and build upon.

Source: New York Times February 09, 2018 21:08 UTC