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AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case (www.grandforksherald.com)
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[–] wunami@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago

According to the court documents, the Fargo detective working the case then looked at Lipps' social media accounts and Tennessee driver's license photo.

In his charging document, the detective wrote that Lipps appeared to be the suspect based on facial features, body type and hairstyle and color.

Seems like a possibility the detective could have conveniently "forgot" to mention that the initial identification was by AI.