The AI Placed You at the Crime Scene, but You Weren't There

But when the technology is used to identify suspects in criminal cases, those flaws in the system can have catastrophic, life-changing consequences. People can be wrongly identified, arrested, and convicted, often without ever being told they were ID'd by a computer. It's especially troubling when you consider false identifications disproportionately affect women, young people, and people with dark skin--basically everyone other than white men. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED senior writer Khari Johnson joins us to talk about the limits of facial recognition tech, and what happens to the people who get misidentified.