Racial bias in AI: Officers questioned father in watch theft probe after he was wrongly identified by facial recognition technology
Three years ago in Detroit, Robert Williams arrived home from work to find the police waiting at his front door, ready to arrest him for a crime he hadn’t committed. Facial recognition technology used by officers had mistaken Williams for a suspect who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of watches. The system linked a […]
Remains of Arizona woman left strangled in trunk identified by police in Florida 53 years after her death
The death of a woman dubbed the “trunk lady” – after her remains were found in a case in the woods – has been a mystery for 53 years. But now, one of the most infamous cold case victims has been identified through DNA. Her name was Sylvia June Atherton, police confirmed in a statement […]
