Amazon is crafting a set of proposed regulations to govern the use of facial recognition technology, company CEO Jeff Bezos says
Following a product event in Seattle, Bezos told reporters that Amazon's public policy team is working on draft rules, which could apply broadly to all facial recognition services, because"there's lots of potential for abuses with that kind of technology, and so you do want regulations.""It's a classic, you know, dual use kind of technology. You can have good things and you can have bad things," Bezos said.
Some of Amazon's own employees and investors have balked at Rekognition's expansion, in some cases calling on the company to refrain from selling the tool to governments unless independent analyses can show the technology won't violate human or civil rights.Amazon acknowledged that pressure in February, when it unveiled a series of proposed guidelines to govern the use of facial recognition tech.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company is working on face recognition regulationsAmazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said the company's public policy team is working on proposed regulations around facial recognition, a fledgling technology that has drawn criticism of the technology giant's cloud computing unit.
Read more »
Jeff Zucker seen as top internal candidate for WarnerMedia CEOCNN President Jeff Zucker is the leading candidate to become chief executive of WarnerMedia, sources say.
Read more »
In the lucrative race for US military rocket deals, Jeff Bezos' company argues to change the rulesBillions of dollars in contracts are at the finish line but there's a catch.
Read more »
How Bernie Sanders' and Elizabeth Warren's wealth taxes would affect billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark ZuckerbergWhile Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax is designed to raise revenue for progressive priorities, Bernie Sanders' wealth tax is also designed to close the gap in the rate at which the average American household and billionaires accrue wealth.
Read more »
All the ways billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg spend their billions — from lavish real estate to vintage car collectionsBillionaires typically can afford to spend $80 million a year, while most Americans earn less than $60,000. While some billionaires live below their means...
Read more »
Laura Dern, Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum to appear in 'Jurassic World 3''Jurassic' reunion: Sam Neill and Laura Dern joining Jeff Goldblum and Chris Pratt in 'Jurassic World 3.'
Read more »