Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded

AnyVision, based outside Tel Aviv, has come under scrutiny following reports by Haaretz’s TheMarker business newspaper and NBC News that its technology is used to surveil Palestinians.

A computer with an automatic facial recognition system shows German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, center right, as he visits the Suedkreuz train station in Berlin

(photo credit: REUTERS/MARKUS SCHREIBER/POOL)

ByREUTERS

NOVEMBER 16, 2019 10:06

Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded

AnyVision, based outside Tel Aviv, has come under scrutiny following reports by Haaretz’s TheMarker business newspaper and NBC News that its technology is used to surveil Palestinians.

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