Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in US Congress

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Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in US Congress

Struggled to identify the gender of individuals with darker skin.

Amazon.com Inc said shareholders rejected proposals to curb and audit its facial recognition service on Wednesday, just as members of Congress indicated there was bipartisan support to one day regulate the technology. In the past year Amazon has found itself at the centre of a growing debate ...

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