Detroit police chief cops to 96-percent facial recognition error rate | Ars Technica
▻https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/detroit-police-chief-admits-facial-recognition-is-wrong-96-of-the-time
“If we would use the software only [to identify subjects], we would not solve the case 95-97 percent of the time,” Craig said. “That’s if we relied totally on the software, which would be against our current policy … If we were just to use the technology by itself, to identify someone, I would say 96 percent of the time it would misidentify."Research has found that the accuracy of facial recognition software varies by the race of the subject, with Black suspects being identified less often than white ones. And Koebler points out that the DPD’s own statistics show the technology being used almost exclusively on Black suspects. According to police data, 68 out of 70 facial recognition searches were done on Black suspects, while two had a race code of “U”—probably short for “unknown.”