Rep. Cohen Expresses Concerns About Issues of Inaccuracy With Facial Recognition Technology
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release:
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology, questioned Dr. Walter G. Copan, Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), about the origins of inaccuracies in some facial recognition algorithms. Last December, NIST found significant dif . . .
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology, questioned Dr. Walter G. Copan, Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), about the origins of inaccuracies in some facial recognition algorithms. Last December, NIST found significant dif . . .