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Microsoft 'won't continue' its relationship with Israeli facial recognition startup Any Vision if an audit shows it didn't comply with Microsoft's ethical principles, President Brad Smith says

Microsoft's venture capital arm invested $10 million in a facial recognition startup called AnyVision used by the Israeli military at border crossing checkpoints to log the faces of Palestinians crossing into Israel.to investigate whether the startup adheres to Microsoft's ethical principles for facial recognition after NBC reported AnyVision's technology is also secretly used to monitor Palestinian residents in the West Bank.

Microsoft has yet to respond to a request about how exactly Microsoft might end its relationship with AnyVision, but Smith said M12, Microsoft's venture capital arm, negotiated an option to audit AnyVision's adherence its principles when it made an investment.

 

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