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German court refuses to issue an arrest warrant based on AI face recognition hit

In a now published ruling (German) from a case already taking place in February 2026, a German court refused to issue an arrest warrent that was requested by German authorities based on an AI face recognition hit.

After a theft incident in a store, German national police authorities ran the video surveilance shots through an AI face recognition algorithm an had a hit to an already police known individual and they requested an arrest warrant on the German state court.