Better than AI? The UK police who never forget a face

A ‘super-recogniser’ gives a demonstration on a laptop of a face memory test during a media event at a Thames Valley Police training facility in Sulhamstead near Reading on Aug 24, 2023. — AFP

SULHAMSTEAD, United Kingdom: Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.

But British police say it has to go hand in hand with more traditional methods of detection, including the use of so-called “super-recognisers”.