Facial recognition experts perform the best with an AI sidekick

Scientists are working on a kickass new twist to the classic buddy cop movie genre. Get this: cyberterrorist Marcus Hurricane is going to walk free unless police detective Rick Danger can place him at the scene of the crime. But all he has to go on are some grainy security camera images, and he can't quite make out Hurricane's signature badass face scars. Enter: detective Danger's trusty AI cyborg sidekick, Sparky. Together, they have what it takes to save the day. But researchers did recently determine that, when it comes to difficult facial recognition tasks, a trained professional teamed up with an AI sidekick is better than a team of two human pros –or even an AI algorithm on its own.