Friday, March 31, 2023

Bad use of face recognition leads to week in DeKalb County jail

A local man was put in the DeKalb County Jail for almost one week, based on failed facial recognition technology, the New York Times reported on Friday.

In an article headlined "Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn't Do," the newspaper tells the story of Randal Quran Reid, who was arrested based on warrants issued by Louisiana law-enforcement officials that concealed they had sloppily used surveillance technology.