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BTP to trial facial recognition
There is a persistent problem with this tech, actually, apart from the recurring accusations of racism & other , erm, “loaded” models.
False positives, where completely innocent people are wrongly identified as crimials or likely such …
AIUI, the false-positive rate at the moment is about 2%, which is far too high a number- it should be down below 0.1% at least
@GregT – The Met are using facials for cyclists