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Public safety, civil rights groups battle over face ID tech

By MATT O'BRIEN and JANIE HAR
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San FaceTime
Francisco is on track to become
the first U.S. city to ban the use
of facial recognition by police
and other city agencies, reflect-
ing a growing backlash against
a technology that's creeping
into airports, motor vehicle de-
partments, stores, stadiums and
home security cameras.
Government agencies around
the U.S. have used the technol-
ogy for more than a decade to
scan databases for suspects and
prevent identity fraud.
But recent advances in artificial
intelligence have created more
sophisticated computer vision
tools, making it easier for police
to pinpoint a missing child or pro-
tester in a moving crowd or for
retailers to analyze shoppers' fa-
cial expressions as they peruse In this Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, demonstrators hold images of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos near their faces during a Halloween-
store shelves. themed protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system, "Rekognition," in Seattle.
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