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Google using dubious tactics to target people with ‘darker skin’ in facial recognition project: sources

Posted on October 3, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Ginger Adams Otis and Nancy Dillon report:

Tech giant Google wants your face — especially if you’ve got “darker skin.”

To get it, the company has funded a facial recognition project that’s targeting people of color with dubious tactics, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the project told the Daily News.

The company’s goal is to build a massively diverse database, ostensibly so products like the biometric features on its upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone don’t suffer from a racial bias.

Read more on NY Daily News.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

Category: BusinessSurveillanceU.S.

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