Cherry-picking old stats undermines US border biometrics criticism

Influential studies from 2018 and 2019 still hold a prominent place in many reports on demographic differentials or bias in face biometrics applications, despite their greatly diminished relevance and some obviously better sources of current information.

A report from Just Futures Law and Mijente alleges that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its agencies are utilizing artificial intelligence for a wide variety of immigration system applications that have tremendous impact on vulnerable people. They are doing so …

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