The Morning After: Sony reschedules its PS5 showcase for Thursday

Its use has become increasingly controversial due to privacy concerns and issues of bias. Now, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a letter to Congress that his company "no longer offers general purpose IBM facial recognition or analysis software." He continued, "IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms." We'll see how other business leaders and politicians respond, and whether this represents any kind of turning point in the deployment of facial recognition. After postponing its showcase last week amid widespread anti-racism protests, Sony will debut its PlayStation 5 showcase on Thursday afternoon. The company is apparently planning to show off about an hour's worth of next-gen games, although whether or not we'll see the system itself is unknown.