Apple face-recognition blamed by New York teen for false arrest


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019

Big plans: Siri is spreading from Apple mobile devices to its Mac computer system, allowing users of the PCs to search their machines or the Internet with voice commands, according to recent announcements from the Silicon Valley based company.

A New York student sued Apple Inc for US$1bil (RM4.12bil), claiming the company’s facial-recognition software falsely linked him to a series of thefts from Apple stores. 

Ousmane Bah, 18, said he was arrested at his home in New York in November and charged with stealing from an Apple store. The arrest warrant included a photo that didn’t resemble Bah, he said in a lawsuit filed April 22. One of the thefts he was charged with, in Boston, took place on the day in June he was attending his senior prom in Manhattan, he said. 

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