A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before. Police in Fargo, North Dakota, have acknowledged “a few errors” in the case and pledged changes in their operations but stopped short of issuing a direct apology.
Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests
Deployments of surveillance vans over five months resulted in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offenders
Biometrics catches violent fugitive 25 years on the run
Like it or not, facial-recognition tech has become an everyday part of society.
Facial Recognition Software Moves From Overseas Wars to Local Police (Published 2015)
Dozens of police departments have begun using facial recognition technology to pursue conventional criminal suspects like drug dealers and prostitutes.
Facial recognition database used by FBI is out of control, House committee hears
Database contains photos of half of US adults without consent, and algorithm is wrong nearly 15% of time and is more likely to misidentify black people
California Police Are Sharing Facial Recognition Databases to ID Suspects
New emails reveal how a private technology company is working to change law enforcement as we know it
Accessorize to a CrimeResearch from Carnegie Mellon University can generate visual patterns onto glasses to either avoid facial recognition or ‘impersonate’ as someone else:Machine learning is enabling a myriad innovations
Man sues Florida cops over arrest spurred by "93% match" in facial recognition
Lawsuit: "Police let an error-prone AI system stand in for an investigation."
Privacy laws lag behind as some Canadian police forces begin to use facial recognition technology | CBC News
Privacy advocates are calling on all levels of government to create specific regulations around police use of facial recognition technology.
FBI embracing facial recognition to “find bad guys”
Director wavered when asked if database would store drivers' license photos.
How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
Danger arises when law enforcement believes that AI models are retrieving certainties rather than generating likelihoods.
How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
Danger arises when law enforcement believes that AI models are retrieving certainties rather than generating likelihoods.
Catching a thief by their face
Retail stores are turning to facial recognition technology and customer tracking tools to fight against shoplifters. Jonathan Keane reports.
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
Home Office knew AI age checks for migrants were flawed – but rolled it out anyway
Exclusive: Government advisers describe the tool as ‘hideously flawed’ amid concern facial age estimation has ‘baked-in racial bias’ – and can wrongly identify a 14-year-old as an adult
