UK police facial recognition trial scanned 500,000 faces with only one false alert

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UK police conducted a trial of live facial recognition technology at major events in 2022. The system scanned the faces of over 500,000 people in total. It generated only a single alert to officers during the entire trial. That alert, however, was a false match and did not lead to an arrest. The results raise questions about the effectiveness and accuracy of the technology for large-scale public surveillance.

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