WASHINGTON: International Business Machines disclosed on Monday that it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity, new chief executive officer Arvind Krishna said.
The announcement came as the United States grapples with nationwide protests over the death of a black man, George Floyd, under police custody in Minneapolis, and rising calls for police reform. Government officials across the country have proposed reforms to address police brutality and racial injustice aimed at boosting oversight of law enforcement agencies.Krishna, the key architect of IBM's US$34 billion Red Hat acquisition last year, took over the chief executive role in April.
“IBM is no longer developing, creating, researching or selling facial recognition products in application programming interface or any other form. IBM's visual technology will be limited only to visual object detection, not for facial analysis and identification” 👍👏
great.. too bad Chinese company wont do the same
Way to go!!👌🏻👌🏻don't make money at your customers' privacy & security. Thanks IBM👍🏻👍🏻
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