Bot Gaffe bots gone wild, catalogued

Algorithms · August 2025

He was eight inches taller than the suspect. The NYPD's facial recognition did not care

Trevis Williams is eight inches taller than the man accused of flashing a woman in Union Square. The NYPD's facial recognition tool said match, so the police arrested him anyway and landed him in jail. Height: just a detail.

Source: The New York Times

facial recognitionfalse arrestNYPD

← All gaffes