A 50-year-old American woman spent almost six months in prison due to an AI error.In June 2025, the police of the city of Fargo in North Dakota investigated the case of the withdrawal of more than $10,000 using a fake ID of a US serviceman. The i...
...nvestigators examined the camera recordings using an AI-based facial recognition system. The algorithm pointed to 50-year-old Angela Lipps, who turned out to resemble the suspect in facial features, build and hairstyle, writes The Guardian. The woman was arrested in the summer of 2025, and released a few months later — the lawyer provided bank statements confirming that on the day of the crime she was more than 1,200 miles (more than 1,900 km) from the scene of the incident.Such mistakes a...
...nd the subsequent detention of an innocent citizen are a violation of human rights, Honored Lawyer of #Russia Ivan Solovyov told Readovka. According to him, the norms of law are not keeping pace with the development of technology, and this is becoming a problem not only for one country, but for the whole world. To avoid such cases, it is important to have an alibi and confirm your location on the day of the crime. In Russia, there were no similar cases of detention due to errors in such sy...
...stems, however, law enforcement officers could detain citizens, but only to establish their identity, Solovyov added.Subscribe to Readovka at MAX