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What Happens When Face Recognition Tech Can't Tell Black People Apart

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Last year, Detroit police arrested Robert Williams on his front lawn in front of his wife and children. His alleged crime? Face recognition technology had matched his photo from an old driver’s license to an image taken from blurry surveillance footage of a local shoplifting incident.

Face recognition technology has been shown time and time again to be biased against people of color and other marginalized groups, who are misidentified at higher rates.

When police showed Robert the surveillance image, he said, “I hope you all don’t think all Black people look alike.”

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