To start with, Mr. Smith cited a number of positives that the technology can bring.
Imagine finding a young missing child by recognizing her as she is being walked down the street.
Imagine a government tracking everywhere you walked over the past month without your permission or knowledge.
Imagine a database of everyone who attended a political rally that constitutes the very essence of free speech.
According to Mr. Smith, fears about misuse prompted Microsoft to move deliberately with facial recognition consulting or contracting.
It instead involves legacy email, calendar, messaging and document management workloads.
Mr. Smith said, These issues are not going to go away.
This makes it even more important that we use this moment to get the direction right.
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