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A Māori mum misidentified as a trespassed “thief” at a Rotorua supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she felt “racially discriminated” against and embarrassed during the “horrible” birthday incident.
The supermarket, New …
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It is not surprising that a supermarket trialling facial recognition technology mistakenly identified a M āori woman as a thief, Māori AI (artificial intelligence) and data experts say.
The woman was shopping at New World in Rotorua - one of 25 Foodstuffs’ North Island supermarkets trialling the technology - when she was approached by two staff members and asked to leave the store.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/foodstuffs-facial-recognition-trial-maori-woman-mistaken-as-thief-not-surprising-experts-say/3DH6KYDHZ5GNVDUBHW5PARFGDM/
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