London police’s face recognition system gets it wrong 81% of the time

The first independent evaluation of the Metropolitan police’s use of face recognition warned it is “highly possible" the system would be ruled unlawful if challenged in court.The news: London’s police force has conducted 10 trials of face recognition since 2016, using Japanese company NEC’s Neoface technology.
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