A student sues Apple Inc for $ 1 billion (£ 0.77 billion) and claims that his installation AI has led to his wrongful arrest.
Ousmane Bah, 18, said he was accused of theft of Apple Stores in four US states and was arrested in his home in New York last fall.
He believes that Apple's algorithms have linked video names of the thief to his name, which led to the charges.
He also claims that a detective has assessed the security images and discovered that the thief looked "nothing special".
Mr Bah had previously lost his provisional driving license, which he believes was used by the thief during the robberies. The license is not intended for identification purposes and does not contain a photo.
Mr Bah believes that Apple's algorithms have now been trained to connect his name with images of the thief.
A New York Police Department detective would have told Mr. Bah that during one of the robberies the thief was probably using Mr. Bah's driver's license as identification. The detective reportedly said this according to Mr. Bah could have led to thefts at Apple Stores in New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Massachusetts, according to court records.
Mr. Bah said one of the charges for the theft was Apple pencils from a store in Boston - a city he had never visited. On the date of the robbery, he said he was attending his last school year in New York.
Mr. Bah claims that traveling to different states to respond to accusations against him has affected his attendance at college, and his grades have been compromised.
Apple's Face ID technology caused a stir when it was launched on the iPhone X in 2017, with commentators concerned that users' biometric data could be hacked if they used the feature. As far as we know, this is the first case against Apple that claims that face recognition technology has been used to identify customers in its stores.
Apple has not responded to requests for comments.
Ousmane Bah, 18, said he was accused of theft of Apple Stores in four US states and was arrested in his home in New York last fall.
He believes that Apple's algorithms have linked video names of the thief to his name, which led to the charges.
He also claims that a detective has assessed the security images and discovered that the thief looked "nothing special".
Mr Bah had previously lost his provisional driving license, which he believes was used by the thief during the robberies. The license is not intended for identification purposes and does not contain a photo.
Mr Bah believes that Apple's algorithms have now been trained to connect his name with images of the thief.
A New York Police Department detective would have told Mr. Bah that during one of the robberies the thief was probably using Mr. Bah's driver's license as identification. The detective reportedly said this according to Mr. Bah could have led to thefts at Apple Stores in New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Massachusetts, according to court records.
Mr. Bah said one of the charges for the theft was Apple pencils from a store in Boston - a city he had never visited. On the date of the robbery, he said he was attending his last school year in New York.
Mr. Bah claims that traveling to different states to respond to accusations against him has affected his attendance at college, and his grades have been compromised.
Apple's Face ID technology caused a stir when it was launched on the iPhone X in 2017, with commentators concerned that users' biometric data could be hacked if they used the feature. As far as we know, this is the first case against Apple that claims that face recognition technology has been used to identify customers in its stores.
Apple has not responded to requests for comments.
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