Jun 11, 2020

Companies back away from facial recognition technology

There are several bills in Congress that address facial recognition technology, none of which are on the verge of passage at this stage. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Tech companies reconsider facial recognition software

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder

Jun 11, 2020

IBM says it will no longer sell or research facial recognition software, and Amazon announced a moratorium on police use of its software.

With IBM getting out of facial recognition technology altogether and Amazon pausing the use of its software by police departments, how will Microsoft act?

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