{
  "id": 10668427,
  "title": "Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/trial-of-live-facial-recognition-in-london-stations-ends-with-a-false",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-29T09:48:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/trial-live-facial-recognition-cameras-london-stations-false-positive"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert A six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time ended in one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests. More than half a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}