Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings Ministers are facing calls for stronger safeguards on facial recognition technology after the Home Office admitted that it is more likely to incorrectly identify black and Asian people than their white counterparts on some settings. Following the latest testing conducted by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the technology’s application within the police national database, the Home Office said it was “more likely to incorrectly include some demographic groups in its search results”. Continue reading...

【ベルリン時事】ドイツのメルケル前首相は７日、ジュネーブの世界貿易機関（ＷＴＯ）本部で講演し、「欧州の盟主」と評され第１次トランプ米政権と対峙（たいじ）した経験を踏まえ、「米国第一」を標ぼうするトランプ大統領との交渉について持論を語った。「ウィンウィン」の関係を目指す多国間主義を擁護し、「信念を曲げず、決して扉を閉ざさないで」と粘り強く対応する必要があると訴えた。