Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend

US police departments continue to use the tech despite low accuracy and obvious mismatches.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/innocent-pregnant-woman-jailed-amid-faulty-facial-recognition-trend/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend

US police departments continue to use the tech despite low accuracy and obvious mismatches.

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Facial recognition is basically the law enforcement equivalent of hearsay.

Or gossip.

It's data ephemera and should never be relied on to justify an arrest.