Recent tests showed facial recognition systems made by companies like I.B.M. While facial recognition technology uses aspects like skin tone and face shapes to sort images in photos or videos, it must be told by humans to categorize people based on social definitions of race or ethnicity. companies behind the software include Yitu, Megvii, SenseTime, and CloudWalk, which are each valued at more than $1 billion. Selling products with names like Fire Eye, Sky Eye and Dragonfly Eye , the start-ups promise to use A.I. to analyze footage from China’s surveillance cameras.

Source: International New York Times April 14, 2019 15:22 UTC