Alabama police using facial recognition to ID Capitol riot suspects (al.com)

[eppur_se_muova]

Updated 2:59 PM; Today 2:59 PM

By Dennis Pillion | [email protected]

Law enforcement agencies across the country are using artificial intelligence facial recognition software to identify members of the violent mob that broke into the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, including at least one in Alabama.

The Wall Street Journal first reported on Friday that Oxford Police Sgt. Jason Webb was using the Clearview AI facial recognition application to help identify people who participated in the violent protests Wednesday. Webb told the Journal on Friday that he had “generated several suspect leads” using the program.

Five people died, including an Alabama man and a Capitol police officer, as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, entering through smashed windows, crossing toppled barricades and battling with police.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked for the public’s assistance “in identifying individuals who made unlawful entry into the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.”

Webb and the Oxford Police Department declined to comment Saturday, but Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That confirmed that Oxford PD was an early adopter of his platform, and that Webb is one of the software’s top users.
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[Olafjoy]

1. It's hard to tell those overweight, unattractive, unfashionably dressed dregs apart.

They all looked the same to me!!!

[Klaralven]

3. Probably an Artificial Intelligence algorithm trained on many episodes of Duck Dynasty

[Atticus]

2. This sounds great until you understand that in Alabama, "facial recognition" consists

of displaying grainy internet photos to a guy named Jethro who then either says "Nope---doe no im" or "Yep--'at's Hiram Thudpucker's boy, name o' Cletus, ah thank".

[GemDigger]

4. You just sent me to hell... by making me laugh at that.

still laughing too. I wonder if this will work.. It's your fault I am laughing, not mine. You, are responsible for it, not me.