IELTS reading main_idea Practice
Which paragraph contains the following information? The underlying technical reason why facial recognition technologies can be biased.
Question type: matching headings · Difficulty: advanced
- A. Paragraph B
- B. Paragraph C
- C. Paragraph D
- D. Paragraph E
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Paragraph B explains that the 'origins of algorithmic bias in FRT' are due to a 'fundamental flaw... the quality of the training data.' It elaborates that algorithms are trained on datasets 'overwhelmingly populated with images of white, male faces,' leading to poorer performance for other demographics.