Algorithms · January 2024Gaffe level: Feral
A false facial recognition match at Macy's led to jail, then an assault
A man is suing Macy's, saying a false facial recognition match got him arrested and then assaulted in jail. Another entry in the growing ledger of wrongful facial recognition arrests.
Source: The Washington Post
AI Cameras and New Satellites Are Spotting California Wildfires Before People Do
ALERTCalifornia's network of nearly 1,300 AI-watched cameras detected just over half of the state's wildfires before any human reported them this past summer. California has also launched the first three FireSat satellites, the start of a constellation built to catch fires while they are still the size of a schoolyard.
Source: PetaPixel