Elon Musk asked a federal judge Friday to move his trial for an upcoming Tesla shareholder lawsuit out of San Francisco, claiming negative local news coverage has made potential jurors biased against him, per AP.
Driving the news: Musk's lawyers argued in a filing that the trial, set to begin Jan. 17, should be relocated to Texas, where Tesla moved to in 2021.
The breakneck development and deployment of facial recognition technology are outstripping efforts to corral alarming pitfalls.
Why it matters: Police, retail stores, airports and sports arenas are rapidly increasing biometric surveillance. But critics say the results are too often blindly trusted, without enough double-checking of matches.