106. Facial recognition software could help solve America’s missing person problem. Why hasn’t it?

Feb 13, 2024 · 28 min · 27.7 MB

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Some 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. every year. Thousands of bodies lie unclaimed and unidentified in American morgues. Facial recognition software could put a name to these faces, so why hasn’t it?

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