Posted 1/24/2024, 8:13:11 PM
Man Wrongfully Arrested Due to Faulty Facial Recognition Sues Tech Company for $10 Million
- Harvey Murphy was arrested due to faulty facial recognition tech that incorrectly identified him as an armed robber of a Sunglass Hut store in Houston when he was actually in California at the time
- Murphy was assaulted in jail before the charges were dropped after police realized he had an alibi
- Murphy is now suing the facial recognition company, EssilorLuxottica, for $10 million over the wrongful arrest
- This is not the first case of faulty facial recognition leading to false arrests; the technology is known to be error-prone
- The lawsuit alleges the facial recognition companies misrepresent the accuracy rates of their systems, which are much lower in real-world conditions