Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important and potentially dangerous for tech giants to police themselves.
On Friday, company president Brad Smith urged lawmakers in a blog post to form a bipartisan and expert commission that could set standards and ward against abuses of face recognition, in which software can be used to identify a person from afar without their consent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/07/13/microsoft-calls-regulation-facial-recognition-saying-its-too-risky-leave-tech-industry-alone/
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Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recognition
Microsoft on Friday became the first tech giant to join a growing call for regulations to limit the use of facial recognition technology.
In a lengthy blog post about the potential uses and abuses of facial recognition, Bradford L. Smith, the company’s president, compared the technology to products like medicines and cars that are highly regulated, and he urged Congress to study it and oversee its use.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/technology/microsoft-facial-recognition.html
Microsoft calls for facial recognition technology rules given 'potential for abuse'
Microsoft has called for facial recognition technology to be regulated by government, with for laws governing its acceptable uses.
In a blog post on the company’s website on Friday, Microsoft president Brad Smith called for a congressional bipartisan “expert commission” to look into regulating the technology in the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/14/microsoft-facial-recognition-technology-rules-potential-for-abuse