{"id":"facial-recognition-software","name":"Facial Recognition Software","summary":"Facial Recognition Software is a class of computer vision tools that identify people by their faces, and it turned into a recurring internet meme topic after a run of public bias incidents. The 2009 Nikon Racist Camera post and the 2015 Google Photos gorilla mislabel are the moments most often cited when the software gets dragged online.","tags":["facial recognition software","racist camera meme","google photos gorillas","algorithmic bias meme","face recognition history","nikon blink detection"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/facial-recognition-software/facial-recognition-software-facial-landmark-mapping-diagram.webp","caption":"A diagram of facial landmark points used by facial recognition algorithms to map and identify a human face.","width":700,"height":683,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/facial-recognition-software/facial-recognition-software-nikon-blink-detection-camera.webp","caption":"A Nikon compact camera using face-detection software to warn the photographer that a subject may have blinked during the shot.","width":573,"height":571,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/facial-recognition-software/facial-recognition-software-google-photos-gorilla-tweet.webp","caption":"The 2015 viral tweet from Jacky Alciné that exposed how Google Photos' facial recognition software misclassified Black people as gorillas.","width":577,"height":464,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/facial-recognition-software/facial-recognition-software-yonatan-zunger-response-tweet.webp","caption":"Google engineer Yonatan Zunger publicly acknowledges the limitations of the company's facial recognition machine learning after the gorilla-tagging incident.","width":664,"height":720,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/facial-recognition-software/history.md","related":["sam-altman-fired-memes","threads-launch","bluetooth-connection-issue","buffering-video","10x-engineer","novelty-content-filters","vibe-coding","3d-printing","404","android","apple","augmented-reality"],"popularityRank":2108,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}