Facial recognition errors put ethnic minorities at risk of wrongful arrest, police watchdog warns
AI-generated summary An official report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary warns that retrospective facial recognition technology carries a risk of wrongful arrest for ethnic minorities due to errors and algorithmic bias. Inspectors found that some police officers treated inaccurate retrospective facial recognition matches as evidence rather than intelligence without performing enough corroborative checks.
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