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Nydia Velázquez: I recall distinctly a few years back, when facial recognition software falsely identified my late Congressional Black…

On the recordJuly 15, 2021
I recall distinctly a few years back, when facial recognition software falsely identified my late Congressional Black Caucus colleague, John Lewis, as a criminal.
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

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Nydia M. Velazquez highlights the bias in AI affecting real lives, referencing John Lewis.

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