Facial recognition tech reunites abducted boy in China with family after 25 years


Xie Kefeng and his wife reunited with their son after 25 years. - WEIBO

XINGTAI: It took 25 long years, but 52-year-old Xie Kefeng was finally reunited on Dec 1 with his son who had been snatched from his parents as an infant.

The power of technology, specifically a facial comparison algorithm that takes age-related changes and family similarities into account, played a major role in bringing about the happy outcome.

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