{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_julrxwepgadqbtg7xfgq","title":"Trial of live facial recognition cameras in London stations ends with one false positive","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/trial-of-live-facial-recognition-cameras-in-london-stations-ends-with-julrxwepga","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_julrxwepgadqbtg7xfgq","seq":632756,"kind":"article","title":"Trial of live facial recognition cameras in London stations ends with one false positive","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/trial-live-facial-recognition-cameras-london-stations-false-positive","summary":"Freedom of information request shows six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and resulted in no arrests 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 million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest…","published":"2026-09-29T09:48:29Z","seen":"2026-09-29T09:49:25Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-theguardian-com-92910f","name":"theguardian.com","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q11148","name":"The Guardian","type":"newspaper","country":"GB","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-theguardian-com-92910f","topics":["wales","facial recognition","london","police","crime","technology","uk news","england"],"authors":["Phoebe Davis and Daniel Boffey"],"entities":[{"id":"Q84","name":"London","type":"place"}],"image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3d984cf92bf83efa8a42fc05fa2c895c1ecb1d0b/500_0_5000_4000/master/5000.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&quality=85&s=7e9091ccccf5b076eacb495a987506fa&width=140","mentions":7,"story":"st_julrxwepgadqbtg7xfgq","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.33000001311302185,"category2":"crime-law","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.41999998688697815,"political":0.07000000029802322}]}