AI innovates in forensic biometrics; finds not all fingerprints unique

An AI algorithm looked at multitudes of fingerprints in an uncommon way and reportedly learned that they are not as unique as they are assumed to be.

There's a big but non-fatal caveat. Duplicate and near-duplicate prints occur on multiple fingers of an individual's hand, which makes them matchable.

(For the time being, everyone has unique prints compared to others.)

Columbia University engineering researchers, at least some of whom had no experience in forensic biometrics, decided to use a deep …

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