Man sues law enforcement alleging AI facial recognition technology led to wrongful arrest A Florida man is suing multiple law enforcement agencies after he alleges he was wrongfully arrested due to flawed AI facial recognition technology. "I don't wish this on my worst enemy," Robert Dillon, a father of one, told ABC News. Police body camera video footage, obtained by ABC News affiliate Gulf Coast News, shows Dillon's 2024 arrest outside his San Carlos Park home. "I was basically telling them this is crazy. I have no idea who did this, but it's not me," Dillon recalled of the arrest. Authorities had been searching for a suspect who allegedly tried to lure a child at a Jacksonville Beach restaurant, more than 300 miles away from Dillon's home. "To be accused of a heinous crime of that nature, I'm thinking I may not be coming back home," Dillon said. During their investigation, authorities allegedly fed "poor quality" surveillance images of the suspect into an AI-powered facial recognition program, which scanned facial features and found photos of the suspect and Dillon were allegedly "a 93% match," according to Dillon's lawsuit. Dillon said he knew he had been incorrectly identified, because he had never been to Jacksonville Beach. "I argued with the police officer for 20 minutes, and he insisted that 'I know that I'm looking at your mugshot,'" he said. The state attorney's office dropped Dillon's case weeks after his arrest, but Dillon said it took nearly a year to get the arrest wiped from his record, with help from the American Civil Liberties Union. Dillon and the ACLU are currently suing several law enforcement authorities and agencies, including the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, which oversees the use of the AI facial recognition technology across Florida. "Despite [a] well-documented history of [facial