And I think that they look at the economic upside versus the opportunity. Scott Galloway: I think Amazon - I think a lot of big tech - has seen many of these issues recently and the attention being placed on these issues as an opportunity for redemption. You know, I did this long interview with Andy Jassy of Amazon Web Services, and I was pressing him on this very issue, and he seemed to be like, “Nothing to see here.” Now what what do you imagine’s happening, Scott? Law-enforcement agencies around the country contract with Clearview AI, a start-up that scrapes images posted around the internet to identify people from sources like security videos. Amazon also called on Congress to make stronger regulations. Later in the week, Amazon released a statement saying it would be implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial-recognition technology. There have been several studies showing that facial-recognition technologies are biased against people with black and brown skin and can cause harm when used by law enforcement. In a letter written to Congress this week, IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, wrote that the company would no longer be offering images and technology to law enforcement and would support efforts in police reform and more responsible use of the technology. Kara Swisher: Amazon and IBM are ending their facial-recognition-technology products. On the latest Pivot podcast, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss the racial-bias problems with facial-recognition technology, tech companies’ responsibility for those issues, and a surprisingly relevant 1996 Pam Anderson movie. Photo: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesĪmazon, IBM, and Microsoft made moves this week to limit the use of their facial-recognition products, an acknowledgment of the flaws in the technology and the potential for their misuse, especially in ways that harm people of color.
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