*Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for
‘Responsible A.I.’*
/The technology giant will stop offering automated tools that predict a
person’s gender, age and emotional state and will restrict the use of
its facial recognition tool.
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By Kashmir Hill
June 21, 2022
For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that
facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person’s
age, gender and emotional state can be biased, unreliable or invasive —
and shouldn’t be sold.
Acknowledging some of those criticisms, Microsoft said on Tuesday that
it planned to remove those features from its artificial intelligence
service for detecting, analyzing and recognizing faces. They will stop
being available to new users this week, and will be phased out for
existing users within the year.
The changes are part of a push by Microsoft for tighter controls of its
artificial intelligence products. After a two-year review, a team at
Microsoft has developed a “Responsible AI Standard,” a 27-page document
that sets out requirements for A.I. systems to ensure they are not going
to have a harmful impact on society./
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