Facebook (now rebranded as Meta) recentlysaid that it’s shutting down its face recognitionprogram.
The technology creates face prints of users and automatically recognizes them in uploaded photos.
It’s part of a growing unease with facial recognition both within tech companies and in the courts.
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The company will stop using facial recognition algorithms to tag people in photographs and videos.
It will also erase the facial recognition templates that identify users.
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He speculated that the company could be preemptively planning for new regulations and court precedents regarding the technology.
San Francisco became the first US city toban facial recognition software by policeand other municipal departments.
“This is a troubling trend.”
IBM decided to get out of the business altogether.
The most significant issues with facial recognition are social, not technical, privacy lawyerJames J. Wardtold Lifewire.
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