Algorithms used by the police are better at identifying some racial groups than others. Why is hardly anyone studying this?

Real-world biases and artificial intelligence

Examination of facial-analysis software shows error rate of 0.8 percent for light-skinned men, 34.7 percent for dark-skinned women.

New research out of MIT’s Media Lab is underscoring what other experts have reported or at least suspected before: facial recognition tec...