Western Australia police scan 1.3 million faces in AI trial
Western Australia police have scanned 1.3 million faces in a major trial using artificial-intelligence technology, according to reports from News.com.au and Yahoo News Australia.
The scale makes the trial notable, but the published headlines provide little detail about its operation. The available information does not identify the facial-recognition system, specify how images were matched, or outline any arrests or other results.
The reports also do not provide information about false-match rates, oversight, privacy safeguards, or how the scanned data was handled. Those details would be important for assessing the technology’s performance and the legal and civil-liberties implications of a large-scale deployment.