In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly turned facial recognition into a frontline tool, letting agents move from a snapshot to a knock on the door in minutes instead of days. What began as ...

Facial-recognition software is leading to wrongful arrests, but the secrecy around the use of the technology makes it hard to know just how often it happens. So far, there are at least five known ...

We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into our daily lives — from performing manufacturing tasks to aiding physicians in surgery. Despite many upsides, AI has a disturbing ...

Imagine being handcuffed in front of your neighbors and family for stealing watches. After spending hours behind bars, you learn that the facial recognition software state police used on footage from ...