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As political leaders prepare for the next economic crisis, there are real risks in misidentifying the drivers of inflation.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Of course, there are possibilities that the company could have a hard time training its huge worker base in new types of equipment or the company might misidentify the branding.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
In Texas, a man wrongfully arrested and jailed for nearly two weeks filed a lawsuit in January that blamed facial recognition software for misidentifying him as the suspect in a store robbery.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
And then, of course, there’s AI bias; facial recognition tech is known to disproportionately misidentify people of color.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 19 July 2024
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Of course, there are possibilities that the company could have a hard time training its huge worker base in new types of equipment or the company might misidentify the branding.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
In Texas, a man wrongfully arrested and jailed for nearly two weeks filed a lawsuit in January that blamed facial recognition software for misidentifying him as the suspect in a store robbery.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
And then, of course, there’s AI bias; facial recognition tech is known to disproportionately misidentify people of color.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 19 July 2024
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“Misidentify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misidentify. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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