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IBM Will No Longer Offer, Develop, or Research Facial Recognition Technology

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 09 2020, @06:12PM   
from the tides-are-turning dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:

IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology:

IBM will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a letter to Congress today. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology, IBM tells The Verge. Krishna addressed the letter to Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY).

"IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any [facial recognition] technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and Principles of Trust and Transparency," Krishna said in the letter. "We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies."

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• Re:=:-o Re:=:-o (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:37PM (4 children)

  by DannyB (5839) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:37PM (#1005406) Journal

  but, when IBM behaves like the good guy, you JUST KNOW the apocalypse is near.

  Even Microsoft tries to behave like the good guy now.

  Not that I believe it.

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• Re:=:-o Re:=:-o (Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday June 09 2020, @10:33PM (3 children)

  by Bot (3902) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @10:33PM (#1005452) Journal

  Must be the Embrace part.

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  • Re:=:-o Re:=:-o (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @11:21PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @11:21PM (#1005488)

    Don't worry, MS may be evil but at least their embrace isn't as bad as the priests.

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    • Re:=:-o (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:05AM

      by Bot (3902) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:05AM (#1005720) Journal

      I thought priests were experienced, you should give em a bad review.

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  • Re:=:-o (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:23PM

    by DannyB (5839) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:23PM (#1005799) Journal

    The Embrace part is actually not so much to be feared. It is merely the warning to beware of the Extend part.

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