Sainsbury's store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation (theguardian.com) 1 points by iamnothere 25d ago ↗ HN
[–] _joel 25d ago ↗ thought I recognised the face [–] beardyw 25d ago ↗ Ha, but I did too since this is the 3rd posting of this story.
[–] jxf 25d ago ↗ > Customers can be reassured that the Facewatch system has a 99.98% accuracy rate, and every match is reviewed by a trained manager.That's not "reassuring" at all. If Sainsbury's gets, say, 10M customers per week, then that means 2,000 people per week are being falsely accused. [–] iamnothere 25d ago ↗ Exactly, and it’s not like you can easily change your face.
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[ 6.2 ms ] story [ 37.2 ms ] threadThat's not "reassuring" at all. If Sainsbury's gets, say, 10M customers per week, then that means 2,000 people per week are being falsely accused.