Microsoft will REMOVE a controversial feature of its facial recognition tool that claims to identify emotion from videos and pictures – in major overhaul of its AI ethics policies

Daily Mail UK

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 08:35 EDT, 22 June 2022 | UPDATED: 08:48 EDT, 22 June 2022

Microsoft is retiring a controversial facial recognition feature that claims to identify emotion in people’s faces from videos and photos.

As part of an overhaul its AI policies, the US tech giant is removing facial analysis capabilities that infer emotional states, like surprise and anger, from Azure Face. 

It’s also retiring the ability of the technology platform to identify attributes such as gender, age, smile, hair and makeup. 

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