US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use
Washington (AFP) - Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology. The case touches on one of the main concerns about the proliferation of artificial intelligence, and facial recognition in particular, which is deemed to potentially misidentify or discriminate against individuals, especially non-whites and women. "Rite Aid's reckless use of facial surveillance systems left its customers facing humiliation and other harms," said Samuel ...