London facial recognition trial scans 5,00,000 faces producing just one false alert
- British Transport Police spent £320,786 on a six-month live facial recognition trial.
- The trial scanned over 5 lakh faces during multiple strategic deployments across busy London railway stations.
- The facial recognition system generated only a single alert, which later proved to be a false match.
- British Transport Police subsequently extended the facial recognition testing program across selected London Underground network stations.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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