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AI Can Send You To Jail

Silicon Cowboy · 6 months ago

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Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old grandmother from Tennessee, was arrested and locked up for 5 months after an AI facial recognition system misidentified her as a bank fraud suspect in North Dakota, a state she had never even been to. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Who is Angela Lipps 1:21 - How the Identification Happened 2:00 - Five Months in…

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