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Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend

arstechnica.com Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend

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

Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend

Use of facial recognition software led Detroit police to falsely arrest 32-year-old Porcha Woodruff for robbery and carjacking, reports The New York Times. Eight months pregnant, she was detained for 11 hours, questioned, and had her iPhone seized for evidence before being released. It's the latest in a string of false arrests due to use of facial-recognition technology, which many critics say is not reliable.

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