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technology Tuesday 3 January 2023
Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says

(AP) — Louisiana authori- mediately respond to a
ties' use of facial recogni- request, emailed Monday
tion technology led to the by The Associated Press,
mistaken-identity arrest of a for comment on the story
Georgia man on a fugitive and information on the use
warrant, an attorney said in of the technology. Reid's
a case that renews atten- case brings renewed at-
tion to racial disparities in tention to the use of facial
the use of the digital tool. recognition tools in Louisi-
Randall Reid, 28, was jailed ana and elsewhere. Facial
in late November in DeKalb recognition systems have
County, Georgia, The faced criticism because
Times-Picayune/The New of their mass surveillance
Orleans Advocate report- capabilities, which raise
ed. His attorney, Tommy privacy concerns, and be-
Calogero, said authorities cause some studies have
erroneously linked Reid to shown that the technology
purse thefts in Jefferson is far more likely to misiden-
Parish and Baton Rouge. tify Black and other people
Reid, arrested on Nov. 25, of color than white people,
was released Dec. 1. Reid is which has resulted in mis-
Black, and his arrest brings taken arrests. Police in New
new attention to the use of Orleans say facial recogni-
a technology critics say re- Massachusetts Institute of Technology facial recognition researcher Joy Buolamwini stands for tion can be used only to
sults in a higher rate of mis- a portrait at the school in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 13, 2019. Louisiana authorities’ use of facial generate leads and that
identification of people of recognition technology led to the mistaken identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, officers must get approval
color than of white people. an attorney for the man said. from department officials
"They told me I had a war- (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) before lodging a request
rant out of Jefferson Par- a consignment shop in Me- purse theft the same week, age. Jefferson Sheriff Joe through the Louisiana State
ish. I said, 'What is Jefferson tairie, a New Orleans sub- court records show, ac- Lopinto's office did not re- Analytic and Fusion Ex-
Parish?'" Reid said. "I have urb in Jefferson Parish. cording to the newspaper. spond to several requests change in Baton Rouge.
never been to Louisiana A Baton Rouge Police De- Differences, such as a mole for information from The Under the latest city rules,
a day in my life. Then they partment detective then on Reid's face, prompted Times-Picayune/The New all possible matches must
told me it was for theft. So adopted the Jefferson Par- the Jefferson sheriff to re- Orleans Advocate on undergo a peer review by
not only have I not been to ish Sheriff's Office's identi- scind the warrant, said Reid's arrest and release, other facial recognition in-
Louisiana, I also don't steal." fication of Reid to secure Calogero, who estimated the agency's use of facial vestigators. Legislation to
Calogero said Reid was an arrest warrant alleging a 40-pound difference be- recognition or any safe- restrict the use of facial rec-
falsely linked to the June he was among three men tween Reid and the purse guards around it. ognition statewide died in
theft of luxury purses from involved in another luxury thief in surveillance foot- The agency did not im- a 2021 legislative session.q

Tesla says it sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year

(AP) — Tesla said Monday With the extra U.S. push, new electric vehicles.
that sold a record 1.3 mil- Tesla delivered more than But Musk has promised to
lion vehicles last year, but 405,000 vehicles worldwide start producing the long-
the number fell short of in the fourth quarter. But awaited Cybertruck elec-
CEO Elon Musk's pledge to that missed Wall Street pro- tric pickup this year. The
grow the company's sales jections. Analysts polled by company also has started
by 50% nearly every year. data provider FactSet ex- delivering its electric semis.
The 2022 figure topped the pected 427,000 deliveries The discounts, offered dur-
prior record of 936,000 ve- from October through De- ing the last two weeks of
hicles delivered in 2021, but cember and 1.33 million for the year, raised questions
it was shy of the 1.4 million the full year. about whether demand
needed to reach the com- "Thank you to all of our cus- was softening for Tesla
pany's 50% growth target. tomers, employees, sup- products as the Federal Re-
Sales grew 40% year over pliers, shareholders and serve raised interest rates
year, while production supporters who helped us to combat inflation. That,
climbed 47% to 1.37 million. achieve a great 2022 in coupled with Musk's be-
The shortfall came despite light of significant COVID havior after his $44 billion
a major year-end sales and supply chain related purchase of Twitter, helped A Tesla charges at a station in Topeka, Kan., Monday, April 5,
push that included rare challenges throughout the to push Tesla shares down 2021. Tesla says it sold a record 1.3 million electric vehicles in
2022. But the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge to
$7,500 discounts in the U.S. year," the electric vehicle more than 65% last year, grow the company's sales by 50% nearly every year.
on the Models Y and 3, and solar panel company bumping Musk out of the (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
the company's top-selling said Monday. top spot for the world's
models. Tesla didn't roll out any wealthiest person, accord- Musk wrote on Twitter Dec. that Twitter has distracted
Tesla Inc., which is based in new models last year, and ing to Forbes. 30 that the company's Musk from the car com-
Austin, Texas, also had to it's facing increasing com- The company's stock de- long-term fundamentals pany. Musk said last month
deal with rising cases of the petition from legacy auto- cline for the year, its worst are strong, but "short-term that he plans to remain as
novel coronavirus in China, makers and startups such ever, was more than triple market madness" is unpre- Twitter's CEO until he can
which cut into production as Lucid and Rivian, which the drop in the S&P 500, dictable. find someone willing to re-
at its Shanghai factory. are continually introducing which was down 19.4%. Some investors are worried place him in the job.q