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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Bot on Tuesday June 09 2020, @10:30PM (4 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @10:30PM (#1005450) Journal

    >They're just embarassed about last time they helped the fascists
    Not a smart move from the nazis, using the enemy to count your crimes against humanity, was it? Not to mention the energy expenditure of burning corpses (they had a lil world war with russia and the allies, nothing to worry about, so let's turn some jew waterbags to ashes... hmmm)
    Meanwhile, the rest of the world performed genocides with mass graves. Bonus points for most kills per bullet to the Yugos who tied up prisoners, shoot one and threw the lot in natural holes called foibe. Only because us Italos invaded them a bit. Barbarians want to have the exclusive on invasions).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @11:28PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @11:28PM (#1005493)

    "jew waterbags to ashes"

    Probably preferable to a life getting raped by Italian pedophiles.

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:00AM

      by Bot (3902) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:00AM (#1005718) Journal

      Wew lads who wrote your history books?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 10 2020, @06:55AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 10 2020, @06:55AM (#1005705) Journal

    Not to mention the energy expenditure of burning corpses

    Would it surprise you to learn that human body's combustion is exothermic [astm.org]? (17kJ/g extra energy)

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    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:03AM

      by Bot (3902) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:03AM (#1005719) Journal

      Yet you don't get paid to be cremated? Hmm

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