Robert Williams is a resident of Detroit and an automotive industry worker. In 2020, his life was turned upside down when he was wrongfully detained on suspicion of jewelry theft. The police relied on an indication from a facial recognition system – a technology that analyzes surveillance footage and compares faces with police databases in search of potential matches, and which is a precursor to today’s AI solutions used in policing. How did this case change his life?
1 January 2026