IBM, Amazon and Microsoft announced sweeping restrictions to their sale of facial recognition tools, but critics say their track records show an eagerness to push the tech forward.
In terms of headlines, it was a symbolic shift for the industry. Researchers and civil liberties groups who have been calling for strict controls or outright bans on the technology for years are celebrating, although cautiously.
Facial recognition has emerged in recent years as a major area of investment, both in terms of developing technology and in lobbying to allow law enforcement and private companies to use it. The technology began to show up in government contracts, with some companies, like Clearview AI,from social media to build a near-universal facial recognition system.
They seek a total ban on government use of the technology, arguing that neither companies nor law enforcement agencies can be ethically trusted to deploy such a powerful tool.
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