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Detroit police arrest Robert Williams in front of his children on a false facial-recognition match

The first known wrongful arrest from facial recognition: Robert Williams was held for a shoplifting he did not commit after a grainy match, leading to a landmark settlement restricting Detroit police use of the technology.

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