AI mix-up lands Tennessee grandmother in North Dakota fraud case
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A Tennessee grandmother with no North Dakota travel history was arrested after Fargo police relied on a neighboring agency’s facial-recognition system and Clearview AI to link her to Fargo bank frauds; she spent more than five months jailed in Tennessee before charges were dismissed when exculpatory evidence showed she was in Tennessee, and authorities acknowledged errors and pledged procedural changes to prevent similar misidentifications in the future.
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- Tolkkinen: I was ready to skewer AI for a Tennessee grandma’s arrest. Now I’m not so sure. Star Tribune
- Fargo PD's use of facial recognition technology is now under review Prairie Public Broadcasting
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