{"id":22119,"date":"2026-02-25T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:37:50","slug":"facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking \u201810 years younger\u2019<\/p>\n

Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage.<\/p>\n

Alvi Choudhury, 26, a software engineer, was working at the home he shares with his parents in Southampton in January when police knocked on his door, handcuffed him and held him in custody for nearly 10 hours before releasing him at 2am.<\/p>\n

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\nExclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking \u201810 years younger\u2019
\nPolice arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage.
\nAlvi Choudhury, 26, a software engineer, was working at the home he shares with his parents in Southampton in January when police knocked on his door, handcuffed him and held him in custody for nearly 10 hours before releasing him at 2am. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking \u201810 years younger\u2019 Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage. Alvi Choudhury, 26, a …<\/p>\n

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