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Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition to curb shoplifting (thehill.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Rite Aid is banned for five years from using artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition to try to curb shoplifting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. In a press release, the age…

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Seems like the y're taking issue not with the technology, but Rite-Aid's implementation of it, particularly that they didn't do any of the required dilligence to prove that the tech wouldn't be harmful, or violate privacy, or would even be accurate.