
Government study finds racial, gender bias in facial recognition software - anigbrowl
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/475350-government-study-finds-racial-gender-bias-in-facial-recognition-software
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anigbrowl
This is the underlying study: [https://www.nist.gov/news-
events/news/2019/12/nist-study-eva...](https://www.nist.gov/news-
events/news/2019/12/nist-study-evaluates-effects-race-age-sex-face-
recognition-software)

I linked the news article about it both as a simple summary and because I
think readers (especially anyone working in this space) should look at the
comments on the article to see how carefully curated data is received by a
biased audience, and reflect on the idea that reproducibility or technical
merit are not self-executing or self-perpetuating.

