Outrage over police brutality has finally convinced Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM to rule out selling facial recognition tech to law enforcement. Here's what's going on.
Without a legal framework, other companies could rush in to fill the gap.
Dr. Nakeema Stefflbauer voiced similar concerns that less well-known companies could start touting facial recognition to police. She added: "In my opinion, this is the moment when US and EU governments must take technology regulation seriously and pass comprehensive legislation: failure to do so is nothing less than giving permission for an unchecked assault on human rights."
MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini has been one of the key activists pressuring tech companies to stop selling facial recognition software to police."Scholars and activists like Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timnit Gebru, and Deb Raji are not alone in their push for fairness and accountability in technology that is deployed at scale.
"I also call on all companies that substantially profit from AI — including IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Apple— to commit at least $1 million each towards advancing racial justice in the tech industry."
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