FACE RECOGNITION BLUNDER SPARKS FLORIDA POLICE LAWSUIT
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The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments after a Fort Myers man was wrongfully arrested based on a flawed face recognition match in a child-abduction case. Officers treated the algorithm's identification as near-certain despite known inaccuracies.
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