TOPLINEIBM’s CEO has told Congress on Monday that the tech firm will no longer offer, develop or research facial recognition technology as it strongly opposes the technology’s use for “mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedom,” The Verge reports. Facial recognition used on pedestrians on a New York Street. GettyKEY FACTSArvind Krishna addressed the letter to Democratic senators, including Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), calling for racial justice reform. TangentCritics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, have renewed calls for Amazon to halt its Rekognition facial recognition technology that was sold to the likes of ICE and police departments, accusing it of being the “most dangerous surveillance technology ever developed”. Further readingIBM CEO’s Letter to Congress on Racial Justice Reform (IBM)Facebook To Pay $550 Million To Settle Facial Recognition Lawsuit (Forbes)We Built A Powerful Amazon Facial Recognition Tool For Under $10 (Forbes)U.S. protests fuel calls for ban on racially biased facial recognition tools (Reuters)

Source: Forbes June 09, 2020 09:22 UTC