Amazon is under fire after the ACLU found that its facial recognition technology identified members of Congress as people who have been arrested

One of Amazon's most controversial products is called Rekognition. It's artificial intelligence software that runs on Amazon's servers, and users pay the company for each image processed using the software. It can identify words, objects, emotions, and people. Police departments have already started using the software to find lost children and abducted people. But the technology's power and low price have raised questions from civil rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, which warns that ubiquitous facial recognition software could infringe on people's privacy and create a system of pervasive government surveillance.-- More....