Uighurs are among the most oppressed minority groups in China. What you need to know A new report claims Huawei tested facial recognition software that was capable of identifying members of China's oppressed Uighur minority group. The AI-powered system could scan faces in a crowd and determine the age, sex, and ethnicity of each individual. When a member of the minority group was detected, the system could even trigger a "Uighur alarm." Chinese tech giant Huawei tested an AI-powered facial recognition system to send automated alerts whenever members of China's oppressed Uighur minority group were detected, according to a new report from The Washington Post . Research organization IPVM has discovered a document signed by Huawei representatives, which shows the company worked together with Chinese facial recognition startup Megvii to create the AI camera system in 2018. The system was capable of scanning faces in a crowd and estimate the ethnicity, age, and se