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London's facial recognition trial scanned 500,000 faces, cost over $400,000, produced zero confirmed matches, and expanded to the Underground anyway.
The trial cost more than £320,000 and took up almost 100 hours of police officers’ time between February and July this year
British Transport Police expands live facial recognition across London transport hubs, pushing forward with the pilot despite spending £320k without a single direct arrest.