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iPhone Face ID Failed to Recognize Users’ Morning Faces

AI Incident Database · article · Jul 10, 2018 · UTC

The Face ID feature on iPhone allowing users to unlock their phones via facial recognition was reported by users for not recognizing their faces in the morning.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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