• Hubi@lemmy.world
    68·
    5 months ago

    This happens even on newer Toyotas, so it’s not exactly company-specific. The issue is the biased training data used for the face recognition system.

    • blindbunnyEnglish
      226·
      5 months ago

      This seems more like an excuse. All these companies aren’t using the same training data.

      They literally never tested this on an asian person before selling in the vehicle…

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
        70·
        5 months ago

        Toyota is a japanese manufacturer. Likely they localize the feature and the localized version has the problem. Its completely possible they all contract the same software vendors in the US for certification reasons, resulting in similar problems.

      • systemglitch@lemmy.world
        165·
        5 months ago

        Your claim is a Japanese company never tested on Asian people? Would you place a bet on those odds?

        • zaph@sh.itjust.works
          9·
          5 months ago

          Toyota in the US is more American than most American car companies. The tech being different isn’t that big of a stretch.

      • Kaboom@reddthat.com
        44·
        5 months ago

        Or potentially it did, found the issue, and werent able to solve before the deadline