Ningbo facial recognition system confuses bus ad for jaywalker

A facial recognition system in the Chinese city of Ningbo mistakenly accused a woman pictured on the side of a bus of jaywalking. 

Introduced to improve street safety, the system reacted to an advert on the side of a bus that showed the face of Dong Mingzhu, CEO of Gree Electric Appliances, China's biggest air-conditioner maker. 

Ms Dong's face had subsequently been shown on a large display on a roadside in an effort to shame her. Meantime, the real jaywalker walked free.

Ningbo police said they had deleted the photo of Ms Mong and would update the AI system so that it could differentiate between adverts and people.