US Senators seek balance between facial recognition benefits, risks for investigations

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee dedicated a large portion of its latest hearing on the use of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations to exploring the risk of discrimination by law enforcement using facial recognition.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) noted the “astonishingly low” rate of solved murder investigations in the United States, around 50 percent. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) referred to a statement from the Major County Sheriffs of America and the Major Cities Chief Association in arguing that facial recognition …

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