Facial recognition used to identify victims of deadly train accident in India

Railway authorities have used facial recognition technology to determine the identity of at least 50 dead bodies from the recent train derailment in the Indian state of Odisha, which killed nearly 300 people.

According to a news report by Deccan Herald, the system was used to identify the faces of people whose bodies were badly mutilated as a result of the accident, which made it possible for the family members of the deceased victims to be informed of the mishap. …

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