15 Nov 2023

New facial recognition technology rolled out by government despite racial bias concerns

From Morning Report, 7:40 am on 15 November 2023

The government begins the roll out of new facial recognition technology next week despite an "untested risk" around racial bias.

No tests have been done for bias on New Zealand's unique population mix in the four years the new tech has been worked on. US testing raises more questions.

Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.