More than 60 AI experts have publicly called on Amazon to stop selling Rekognition, its facial recognition software, to U.S. law enforcement. The technology has serious baked-in gender and racial biases, they suggest, and shouldn’t be used by police before the country puts legal guardrails in place.

More than 60 AI experts have publicly called on Amazon to stop selling Rekognition, its facial recognition software, to U.S. law enforcement. The technology has serious baked-in gender and racial biases, they&nbsp;<a class="gmail-m_3451544856905648645m_-3035585173385844444m_9117389913999525448gmail-m_-3807526210532291391gmail-m_-1957493756534150541link" href="https://medium.com/@bu64dcjrytwitb8/on-recent-research-auditing-commercial-facial-analysis-technology-19148bda1832" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggest</a>, and shouldn&rsquo;t be used by police before the country puts legal guardrails in place.

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Jeff Fisher (aka "Jeffy") from The Glenn Beck Program, Pat &amp; Stu and Pat Gray Unleashed. In each episode of Chewing the Fat, Jeffy covers the daily fat pile, water cooler chit chat, road raging and a new segment called living the American Dream. Follow Jeffy on Twitter: @JeffyJFR
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Jeff Fisher (aka "Jeffy") from The Glenn Beck Program

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Jeff Fisher (aka "Jeffy") from The Glenn Beck Program, Pat & Stu and Pat Gray Unleashed. In each episode of Chewing the Fat, Jeffy covers the daily fat pile, water cooler chit chat, road raging and a new segment called living the American Dream.

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