Alibaba criticised for racial profiling through facial recognition
The company says such features were only used 'within a testing environment'
Alibaba criticised for racial profiling through facial recognition
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has developed facial recognition technology trained to detect members of China's Uyghur minority in videos. In a report published on Wednesday, US-based surveillance...
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