'It's a Wild West': AI watchdogs say facial recognition policing errors are on the rise

Angela Lipps' ordeal is the latest in a trend that has resulted in at least 13 case dismissals nationwide. Angela Lipps was ...

Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released the latest version of its open AI model, Gemma 4, on Thursday. Crucially, Gemma 4 is a fully open-source ...

RI's courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people. Should it?

Courthouses have been using facial recognition technology and databases of "monitored" people to track visitors.

Woman Wrongfully Jailed 5 Months After AI Facial Recognition Error

Police jailed an innocent woman for five months on a bogus AI facial recognition match. Here's how the technology works and ...
GitHub

Improve face detection logic using face-api.js instead of brightness check

Currently the application determines whether a face is visible by calculating the brightness of the captured image. However, brightness is not a reliable indicator of face visibility. For example, a ...
TechSpot

Grandmother spent six months in jail after AI facial recognition misidentified her

WTF?! Facial recognition systems aren't always accurate, and the consequences of these mistakes can be severe. One of the worst instances of AI getting things wrong is the case of Angela Lipps, a ...
Futurism

AI Mistake Throws Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Nearly Six Months

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. An AI system’s little ...
KBTX

Grandmother says she was wrongfully put in jail for a crime due to a facial recognition error

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVLY/Gray News) - A woman from Tennessee says she spent months in jail after North Dakota police mistakenly used facial recognition software to identify her as a suspect in a bank ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Woman says she was wrongfully jailed due to facial recognition software error

FARGO, N.D. (WKRC) — A Tennessee grandmother said she was wrongfully arrested and jailed in a bank fraud case after an error with facial recognition software ...