Article 3VP5H Amazon wrongly IDed 28 members of Congress, and they’re not happy about it

Amazon wrongly IDed 28 members of Congress, and they’re not happy about it

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Cyrus Farivar
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In the wake of the American Civil Liberties Union's test where 28 members of Congress were wrongly identified as arrestees via its Rekognition facial recognition service, some of those lawmakers have now raised serious concerns to the tech giant.

For now, Amazon has neither answered their questions, nor Ars'.

"We request an immediate meeting with you to discuss how to address the defects of this technology in order to prevent inaccurate outcomes," wrote Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), in a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos.

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