Category Archives: Facial recognition

WaPo: Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches

WaPo: Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches by Douglas MacMillan, David Ovalle & Aaron Schaffer (“Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.”):

Posted in Facial recognition | Comments Off on WaPo: Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches

The Guardian: Detroit changes rules for police use of facial recognition after wrongful arrest of Black man

The Guardian: Detroit changes rules for police use of facial recognition after wrongful arrest of Black man by AP (“ City to pay $300,000 to Robert Williams, whose driver’s license was incorrectly flagged in shoplifting investigation” “Detroit police will be … Continue reading

Posted in Facial recognition | Comments Off on The Guardian: Detroit changes rules for police use of facial recognition after wrongful arrest of Black man

New Yorker: Does A.I. Lead Police to Ignore Contradictory Evidence?

New Yorker: Does A.I. Lead Police to Ignore Contradictory Evidence? by Eyal Press (“Too often, a facial-recognition search represents virtually the entirety of a police investigation.” Product manufacturers tout its 100% accuracy, but it is anything but. False arrests abound.)

Posted in Facial recognition | Comments Off on New Yorker: Does A.I. Lead Police to Ignore Contradictory Evidence?