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by Aunche 2149 days ago
If it's not useful, companies aren't going to pay money to use it. As Rite Aid put it, "companies seem to be scaling back or rethinking their efforts around facial recognition given increasing uncertainty around the technology’s utility."
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The companies don't care about a few false matches here or there. But if you're one of the people it keeps incorrectly identifying as a criminal who needs to be escorted out of the store, it will matter to you.
Companies do all sorts of insane, crazy things that waste inordinate amounts of money with very little return on investment.
I wonder if it's simply not working as well now that everyone is wearing masks.