Re:Microsoft pitched facial recognition to the DEA
by marcosdumay on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:51PM
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People are yelling about Microsoft hypocrisy after they made noise on their feel-good achieve-nothing move at Github.
In my opinion, people have been complaining about the change too much, and the hypocrisy too little. The PR was probably positive, when it shouldn't be.
Re:Microsoft pitched facial recognition to the DEA
by stepstop on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:16PM
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> Not saying it wasn't wrong pitch to DEA, but it seems strange that it's Microsoft being called out when
It’s not strange, this is exactly the story that’s being called out. The behavior is incongruous
Re:Microsoft pitched facial recognition to the DEA
by gentleman11 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:35PM
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They have come out to say some very good things, as you say. But is it still principled if it only comes right after failing to win a big contract to do the opposite? Not as clear
Not saying it wasn't wrong pitch to DEA, but it seems strange that it's Microsoft being called out when, concretely, they were probably the earliest adopters of not selling due to human rights concerns https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-ai-idUSKCN1RS2F... https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/12/06/facial-...