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National Physical Laboratory

noun

  1. NPLa UK establishment founded in 1900 at Teddington to carry out research in physics and monitor standards of measurement

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The letter also raised concerns over a 2023 National Physical Laboratory study, which found the NeoFace system used by the Met was less accurate for women and people of colour depending on the algorithm that has been set.

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It also says independent testing of the facial recognition algorithm by the National Physical Laboratory found that "the algorithm is accurate and there is no bias for ethnicity, age or gender at the settings used by the police".

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The Met has said it works within existing human rights and data protection laws and its approach has been tested by the National Physical Laboratory, to check there is no gender or racial bias.

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And it’s an easy lift to use systems that are already in place, pointed out James Allerton, an air quality scientist at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory.

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The team extracted and sequenced DNA from a monitor at the National Physical Laboratory in suburban London.

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