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14 out of 15 requests were of black people. Facial recognition is notoriously bad with darker skin tones.
Racial Discrimination in Face Recognition Technology https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/
Minor correction.
15 out of 15 requests were of black people. 14 of those requests were black men and 1 was a black woman.
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