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Florida lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest after police AI facial recognition error
Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away, and charges were later dropped
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A Florida man is suing several law enforcement agencies for his arrest and prosecution for allegedly luring a child after he was wrongly identified using faulty AI facial recognition software.
According to the Jacksonville Beach police department, an algorithm returned a 93% probability that Robert Dillon was the man caught on security cameras at a McDonald’s in the town attempting to persuade the unaccompanied girl, aged younger than 12, to leave with him.
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Richard Luscombe in Miami · Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 9:27 AM
US news | The Guardian
Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away, and charges were later dropped
A Florida man is suing several law enforcement agencies for his arrest and prosecution for allegedly luring a child after he was wrongly identified using faulty AI facial recognition software.
According to the Jacksonville Beach police department, an algorithm returned a 93% probability that Robert Dillon was the man caught on security cameras at a McDonald’s in the town attempting to persuade the unaccompanied girl, aged younger than 12, to leave with him.
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