2019-06-28
Jezebel
Investigation finds that Amazon's Rekognition frequently misgenders trans, queer, and nonbinary individuals by design, further alienating a marginalized group
In 2017, the Washington County Sheriff's Office, just outside Portland, Oregon, wanted to find a man covered in dollar bills. Tweets: @jezebel , @annamerlan , @esjayxx , @fittsofalexis , @jezebel , @j...
2019-06-17
BBC
Amazon CTO says AI tools like Lex are the next big thing after AWS, and it's not Amazon's responsibility to ensure Rekognition is used accurately or ethically
Dave Lee / BBC : Tweets: @aaronklein and @noelsharkey Tweets: Aaron Klein / @aaronklein : Yes. Just because there is cloud architecture does not mean the platform should be policing its use. We don't...
2019-02-03
Gizmodo
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Rekognition's only known law enforcement client does not use “confidence threshold”, undermining Amazon's defense against research showing the software's bias
Faced with two independent studies that found its facial recognition software returns inaccurate or biased results …
2019-02-02
Gizmodo
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Rekognition's only known law enforcement client does not use “confidence threshold”, undermining Amazon's defense against research showing the software's bias
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2018-11-09
BuzzFeed News
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Amazon staff meeting transcript: AWS CEO Andy Jassy defends Rekognition, says it's the government's duty to help specify regulations for facial recognition tech
Amazon executives defended the company's controversial facial recognition technology at an all-hands staff meeting on Thursday …
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