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| A depiction of facial analysis technology similar to that used in the experiment Illustration: Alamy |
A neural network has been used to identify whether a person is gay or straight. The Stanford University study has found that a computer algorithm could correctly distinguish between gay and straight men 81% of the time, and 74% for women using a single photograph, raising questions about the biological origins of sexual orientation, the ethics of facial-detection technology and the potential for this kind of software to violate people’s privacy or be abused for anti-LGBT purposes.
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