Even artificial intelligence thinks black men are criminals.
This is crazy.
Amazon’s facial recognition technology falsely matched nearly 30 professional athletes to individuals in a mugshot database, the Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said.
Amazon’s technology, called Rekognition, has faced similar criticism in the past.
In total, 27 athletes across all of the teams were falsely matched to the mugshots, the ACLU said, including Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale, Patriots running back James White, Patriots wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, and Patriots defensive back Duron Harmon.
In a statement provided by the ACLU, Harmon called the technology “flawed” and said it should “not be used by the government without protections.”
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