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AI Facial Recognition Is Not Making Cops Better, It's Making Them Wronger

Angela Lipps spent 6 months in jail because facial recognition software matched her to a suspect 1,200 miles away. The technology has a 34.7% error rate on darker-skinned women and has produced wrongful arrests in case after case. Illinois wants to ban it. They are right.

By Milo Hart · 3 min read

Tech & AI

Your Ring Camera Is Building a Face Database You Never Agreed To

Ring's facial recognition doesn't officially share your face with police. The word "officially" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Amazon just cancelled a surveillance partnership after public backlash, and the internal messages about their ambitions are not subtle.

By Milo Hart · 3 min read