Facial recognition pulled from police
IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft stop providing controversial facial recognition tools for law enforcement. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.
IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft stop providing controversial facial recognition tools for law enforcement. Do they need to go further and bin the technology for other customers? Plus, how young activists are using the latest online techniques to amplify the Black Lives Matter message. And, what鈥檚 the oldest gadget you have lying around your house, and do you still use it? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with 成人快手 tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Stock photo representing a facial recognition algorithm scanning an African man鈥檚 face. The tech is known to be less accurate when used to scan faces with darker skin, leading to the possibility of discrimination. Credit: Getty Images).
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