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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 month ago

AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case

www.grandforksherald.com

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AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case

www.grandforksherald.com

RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 month ago
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Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail in Tennessee and North Dakota after being misidentified by Fargo police through AI facial recognition in a bank fraud investigation.

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  • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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    They have good lawyers (users are supposed to double check stuff like this) and the cops have immunity.

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      Nah, lawyer here, product liability action all day long and police do not have civil immunity for 1983 violations.

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        Their lawyers make more money than you and are therefore superior.

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          Perhaps, we shall see.

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