IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna caused a stir last year when he told the US Congress that he would “sunset” his company’s facial recognition software — and said it had been abused by law enforcement to carry out mass surveillance. Tech groups Microsoft and Amazon have taken a similar stand on the controversial software, after pressure from employees.
They said they would refuse to sell it to police forces and asked Congress to regulate the emerging technology.
These moves came after employees at Google compelled the company to step back from its work on artificial intelligence for the Pentagon, in 2018.
Some observers interpret these developments as Big Tech distancing itself from the government bodies so instrumental to its rise...MORE
