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By Stephanie Nebehay

Nov 27 2020 6:55AM

Says law enforcement must ensure technology does not reinforce biases.

UN decries police use of racial profiling derived from big data

Police and border guards must combat racial profiling and ensure that their use of "big data" collected via artificial intelligence does not reinforce biases against minorities, United Nations experts said on Thursday. Companies that sell algorithmic profiling systems to public ...

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