A.I. leads to wrongful arrest of Lee County man (youtube.com)
300 miles (6 1/2 hours) away, an alleged crime took place, where a female ('a young girl' whatever that means) was asked twice to come with a man, but she didn't and he left (the crime is ‘luring of a child’ GCN reported). Police used CCTV cameras and pulled the images of the guy.
The neighboring sheriff's office ran the footage through an AI facial recognition program. 93% match to the man they arrested. The only record the man had, reportedly, is for a DUI and a barfight.
Just looking at the footage, the characteristics of the two men look different.
Wrongful arrest, said his lawyer. Other than one person, being presented with the man's photo months later and saying yeah that is the guy (although also saying the guy was a regular at the business), there was no evidence, it seems. The wrongfully-arrested guy was at work that day.
All AI needs to be verified by a person, said the security expert interviewed.
How did this get so far as to arrest the man? The Jacksonville sheriff's office refused to answer questions about it, reportedly.
‘It could happen to anybody.’
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