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submitted 2 months ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

A US teenager was handcuffed by armed police after an artificial intelligence (AI) system mistakenly said he was carrying a gun - when really he was holding a packet of crisps.

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[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Cool. So to reduce the potential of school shootings, they set up a video AI surveillance system that can then allow school shootings of a different kind.

USA: the land of reactivity, not proactivity.

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 7 points 2 months ago

This whole article is so American it's incredible

[-] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

You have 10 seconds to comply

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This is the sort of nonsense you expect from red states.

this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2025
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