Facial recognition AI can't identify trans and non-binary people

Facial-recognition software from major tech companies is apparently ill-equipped to work on transgender and non-binary people, according to new research. A recent study by computer-science researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that major AI-based facial analysis tools--including Amazon's Rekognition, IBM's Watson, Microsoft's Azure, and Clarifai--habitually misidentified non-cisgender people. They eliminated instances in which multiple individuals were in the photo, or where at least 75% of the person's face wasn't visible. The images were then divided by hashtag, amounting to 350 images in each group. Scientists then tested each group against the facial analysis tools of the four companies.