AI used by police cannot tell Black people apart and other reasons Canada’s AI laws need urgent attention
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 11, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool.
In the hands of public police and other criminal justice agencies, AI can lead to injustice. For example, Detroit resident Robert Williams was arrested in front of his children and held in detention for a night after a false positive in an AI facial recognition system. Williams had his name in the system for years and had to sue the police and local government for wrongful arrest to get . . .
