Microsoft backs off facial recognition analysis, but big questions remain

Microsoft is backing away from its public support for some AI-driven features, including facial recognition, and acknowledging the discrimination and accuracy issues these offerings create. But the company had years to fix the problems and didn’t. That's akin to a car manufacturer recalling a vehicle rather than fixing it.Despite concerns that facial recognition technology can be discriminatory, the real issue is that results are inaccurate. (The discriminatory argument plays a role, thou