Microsoft stops selling emotion-reading tech, limits face recognition

OAKLAND, Calif. : Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would stop selling technology that guesses someone's emotion based on a facial image and would no longer provide unfettered access to facial recognition technology.

Since at least last year, Microsoft has been reviewing whether emotion recognition systems are rooted in science. Existing customers will have one year before losing access to artificial intelligence tools that purport to infer emotion, gender, age, smile, facial hair, hair and makeup.

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