Dallas police use AI face recognition tool in serious felonies. They may add lesser crimes

Records show Dallas police are using a powerful facial recognition tool in serious felony cases. Now they're considering it ...
Wired

FBI Agents Are Using Face Recognition Without Proper Training

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has done tens of thousands of face recognition searches using software from outside providers in recent years. Yet only 5 percent of the 200 agents with ...
Wired

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer.
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When it Comes to Facial Recognition, There is No Such Thing as a Magic Number

We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...
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The Untold Number of People Implicated in Crimes They Didn’t Commit Because of Face Recognition

In January, Michigan resident Robert Williams was arrested for shoplifting from a watch store in downtown Detroit a year ago—a crime he did not commit. Police thought he was connected to the crime ...