South Wales Police facial recognition software boasts 8% success rate

The South Wales Police Force is defending the decision to trial NEC facial recognition software during last year’s Champions League Final as it is revealed only 8% of the identifications proved to be accurate.
The project was announced last year as the South Wales Police Force outlined plans to use NEC’s NeoFace Watch facial recognition software platform to increase the efficiency of police work during a weekend which saw 170,000 football fans in Cardiff. The promise of the technolog