Image Recognition
A 32-year-old Detroit, Michigan, woman is taking legal action against the city after she was falsely accused of carjacking and robbery due to a facial recognition error. Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant at the time of her arrest on Feb. 16, according to news reports. Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when she was wrongfully arrested by Detroit police on Feb. 16, 2023. When Oliver obtained the security footage from the gas station, she used facial identification, which linked Woodruff as the suspect in the video, per the reports. This is not the first time police in Detroit have been in hot water due to facial recognition technology, advocates say.