EssilorLuxottica didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Macy’s declined to comment, citing the ongoing nature of the litigation. The robbery took place in January 2022 when two men entered a Houston Sunglass Hut and threatened store staff with a gun, demanding cash and taking sunglasses from the shelves before fleeing the scene, according to the complaint, which cited police records of the incident. The lawsuit filed last week in Harris County district court claims that Sunglass Hut’s parent, the eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, relied on Macy’s facial recognition tools to falsely identify Murphy in low-quality surveillance footage of the robbery. The case was earlier reported by The Washington Post. The lawsuit highlights how ordinary people increasingly risk having their lives turned upside down because of algorithms and artificial intelligence. “When he was raped by these men, they held a shiv up to his neck.” The filing said the men also threatened to kill Murphy if he reported the assault. “Not a day goes by he doesn’t think about it,” said Murphy’s lawyer, Daniel Dutko, in an interview.

Now, Murphy wants $10 million from the companies for what he alleges was a wrongful arrest based on the negligent use of facial recognition software, in the latest potential case of mistaken identity involving the controversial technology.

During his detention, however, Murphy was allegedly attacked and raped by three men, leaving permanent injuries. was released once prosecutors verified he had not been physically present in the state when the robbery occurred, Murphy’s attorney told CNN. A Texas man is suing Macy’s and the parent company of Sunglass Hut after the two companies allegedly relied on error-prone facial recognition technology to falsely accuse him of armed robbery.Īfter being held in jail for nearly two weeks, Harvey Murphy Jr.

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