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School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon (arstechnica.com)
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The injured teenage survivor of a January 2025 shooting at a Nashville, Tennessee high school recently sued the manufacturer of an “AI gun detection” system that failed to detect the handgun that left two dead, including the shooter.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed in Davidson County court last month, the security company Omnilert either knew or should have known that there were “significant operational limitations in its gun detection system that could result in detection failures during actual emergencies, including limitations based on camera placement, proximity of the weapon to camera sensors, camera angle, lighting, and weapon visibility.”

Omnilert cofounder Ara Bagdasarian declined Ars’ invitation to answer questions about the lawsuit. System Integrations, the other defendant in the case, which resold the Omnilert system, also did not respond to Ars’ request for comment.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Ive been hearing SBC having been acting weird politically recently, hes apparently a very pro-zionist.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 8 hours ago

Generally I think he's been on the right side of history, but with the current situation I think he's let his personal ties with Israel through Judaism put him in a bad position.

I don't think it's uncommon amongst those in the Jewish community. They've been raised in families that saw Israel as reparations after the holocaust. To now acknowledge that "their own people" have turned into the oppressors that they escaped.... that's something many will be unable to accept.

I hear it's really splitting the British Jewish community.