Andre Yoskowitz
23 Dec 2009 21:00
Hewlett-Packard is taking heat this week after a video released on YouTube shows an internal problem with HP webcams, the fact that the camera has difficulty in recognizing black people.
The video shows two people, a black man named Desi and a white co-worker, Wanda. The problem is the webcams face recognition software, which in the video clearly does not work with Desi in the frame but works excellently with Wanda on screen.
HP says the problem is with low contrast in low lighting situations and they are working to fix it as soon as possible.