Microsoft Will No Longer Make Minority Investments in Facial Recognition Tech

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is drawing a line in the sand when it comes to facial recognition technology. On Friday, the company announced it was divesting its stake in a facial recognition start-up and vowed to no longer make minority investments in the area. 

Through its M12 venture fund, the software giant announced over the weekend that it and AnyVision, an Israeli-based facial recognition start-up, will part ways, with Microsoft divesting its stake in the company.  

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