UK police arrest man via automatic face-recognition tech

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Automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology has been used to arrest a man, the South Wales Police told Ars.

While AFR tech has been trialled by a number of UK police forces, this appears to be the first time it has led to an arrest.

South Wales Police didn't provide details about the nature of the arrest, presumably because it's an ongoing case.

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