Ethical AI: Demographic Bias in Facial Recognition Technology

There is a tremendous amount of misleading and inaccurate reporting on the topic of demographic bias in biometric identification systems, especially regarding facial recognition technology. Part of the problem is that there isn't one thing that is "facial recognition technology". At the core of any biometric system is a matching algorithm. The definitive resource on the topic of demographic bias in biometrics is the NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 3 Demographic Effects report. Warning: this 82-page report is not an easy read and you really should read parts 1 and 2 first to get the context.