deeply disturbing... and according to the local story linked here, she lost her home, car, and dog while locked up

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud

#AI #surveillance #FacialRecognition

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

The Guardian
@inquiline That poor woman should be able to sue everyone responsible into utter destitution.
@mivox @inquiline
Massive lawsuits are literally the only way the cops and their local governments learn. Until then, they think AI is a totally awesome tool because it gives them a pretext to do all the illegal crap they know they can't do on their own.