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Amid reckoning on police racism, algorithm bias in focus

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A WAVE of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programmes like facial recognition which critics say may reinforce racial bias. While the protests have focused on police misconduct, activists point out flaws that may lead to unfair applications of technologies for law enforcement, including facial recognition, predictive policing and “risk assessment” algorithms.

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