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Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones

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    By Kea WilsonJun 17, 2020, 2:43 pm209 pts
    photo of Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones imageDriverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study. The facial and body recognition technology built into many pedestrian detection systems does not…
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