A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
But that really says more about the user then the tech. This issue here isn't that the tech has too many errors, it's that stores use it and it alone to ban people despite it having a low but well known error rate.
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The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
I mean if you're trying to learn to be a competent handyman or build a bookcase maybe yeah, but I just need a screwdriver set for like 30 minutes to put something together.
What's up with all the ads here?
So, uhm, what the hell is going on with all these ad posts I’m seeing in this community?
UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech ( www.ibtimes.co.uk )
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
TIL the US government once banned sliced bread ( www.mentalfloss.com )
Twitter is officially X.com now ( www.theverge.com )
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Optimistic/feel good left wing book recommendations
Any recommendations for left wing reads. Preferably something not depressing. Thanks!
How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money ( www.theguardian.com )
The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two ( www.hindustantimes.com )
Showed to my DM, I think he now has it framed ( ttrpg.network )