ourmandave21h ago

Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition

Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited

A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before.

CNN
Show threadjqpabc12320h ago
AI is a liability issue waiting to happen. And this is just another example.
Show threadgaryfirestorm20h ago
It’s a tool. Used incorrectly will lead to errors. Just like a hammer, used incorrectly could hit the users finger.
Show threadsuzzer9920h ago
Dynamite is a tool. But we don't hand it out to anyone who wants to play with it.
Show threadmikkupikku20h ago
We used to until quite recently. Anybody could buy dynamite at the hardware store. We had to end this because of criminals using it to hurt people.
Show threadjqpabc123
Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.
Mar 29 at 3:04pmWeb
Show threadmikkupikku20h ago
Yes, regulation is inevitable.
Show threadGaryBluto20h ago
Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.