US EditionOur fingerprints may not be unique, claims AI
- Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed an AI system that can match fingerprints from different fingers of the same person, improving the ability to link criminals to multiple crime scenes.
- The AI system uses a new forensic marker related to the angles and curvatures of the swirls and loops in the center of the fingerprint, rather than traditional minutiae patterns.
- While the system's accuracy is not yet sufficient for official use, it can help prioritize leads in ambiguous situations and may have the potential to revive cold cases.
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It's believed that every fingerprint on a person's hand is completely unique, but that's now being questioned by Columbia University research. A US university team trained an AI tool to examine 60,000 fingerprints to see if it could find out which ones belonged to the same person.
Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study finds
"Do you think that every fingerprint is actually unique?"It's a question that a professor asked Gabe Guo during a casual chat while he was stuck at home during the COVID-19 lockdowns, waiting to start his freshman year at Columbia University."Little did I know that conversation would set the stage for the focus of my life for the next three years," Guo said.READ MORE: Onlookers rush to help after major pile up on Sydney road during peak hourGuo…
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