Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress with Mugshots
<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17615634/amazon-rekognition-aclu-mug-shot-congress-facial-recognition" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17615634/amazon-rekogniti...</a><p>>Reached by The Verge, an Amazon spokesperson attributed the results to poor calibration. The ACLU’s tests were performed using Rekognition’s default confidence threshold of 80 percent — but Amazon says it recommends at least a 95 percent threshold for law enforcement applications where a false ID might have more significant consequences.<p>Presented without real comment on my part.