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glad they didn't give ai the power of execution
Jul 23, 2026 2:32 PM
RIxspacexCK
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glad they didn't give ai the power of execution
woobniggurath
Why 6 months? Even an overworked and burnt out public defender should have been able to end this at arraignment.
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
I hope she sues and wins *at least* enough to get her car and home back. (I hope it's not money needed to get her dog)
Bizarkly
Everybody's all up in arms about this *white* lady -- while AI 'facial recognition' software does **an incredibly worse job** on people with non-white faces.
johnblood616
What happened to her dog?
rockmanx853000
So what law in any or policy states that now AI is the absolute final say in being a guilty suspect with no human follow up to verify this? This woman would have eventually had to go to trial and only then would they realized the facts don’t add up?
TheTojo15
“Intelligence? Intelligence!? There is nothing intelligent about what happened here!”
Jonduc
"glad they didn't give ai the power of execution"- You sound so confident in your presumption.
sweetfeetpete
120 Iranian children disagree
GratuaCuun
Basically the plot of James Bond First Light
Government replaces it's intelligence gathering system with AI - AI accidentally flags their premier agent (Bond's predecessor) as a risk and he gets burned
The company finds out the agent was a mistake - but in an attempt to cover up for the mistake - they realize the AI is making a whole lot MORE mistakes and end up having to create this multi-national terrorist group just to cover their asses so that attacks and strikes happen when the AI says
KilroyLichking
a solid tldr but missed some nuance. British government would only let corpo make one AI because it was too powerful for a private entity to have and feared misuse. Corpo built a twin in secret and was feeding the government one mistakes that corpo caused in addition to covering for genuine mistakes. End goal was to supplant the PM with one that corpo controlled. that plan went tits up from copious amounts of Bond, a dash of idioit son and a smidge of SPECTOR
GratuaCuun
Fitting all of that in a 500 word limit with everything else AND trying to broad stroke it to avoiding the heavier spoilers seems like a *bit much to ask...*
KilroyLichking
fair most fun i had in a bond game since everything or nothing IOI did a great job imo
isetprettygirlsonfire
Source?
mormonbatman
2 seconds on the google, amigo: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
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micuu
Civil Rights Lawyer video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifXObNvTaA
AlexHamil
While the civil rights lawyer is a very trustworthy individual, it’s best to link an actual news outlet or official document when asked for a source.
micuu
I suppose. He does explain the whole case and why it's terrible though.
RIxspacexCK
negligence, as some commenters commented. i would bet that half the police investigators aren't too bright or think critically.
rbudrick
Lack of empathy. Total apathy. They don't care at all. Qualified immunity and they got to bully an innocent. Win-win to a cop.
BeachsideBarghest
Speaking of negligence and misinformation, where's the links to some goddamn sources?
VodkaReindeer
Disappointed to see only you noticing the lack of source. I bet that's an AI generated lady, too.
BeachsideBarghest
Oh no, I can see EVERYONE ELSE except @OP posting links to sources but it isn't their responsibility or yours or mine. The burden of proof lies with those making the claim.
joinha
things this bad are bad on purpose
chefsoda
People have been wrongly arrested & convicted since long before AI/LLMs. Facial recognition has been around for ages, and despite its frequent inaccuracy, many treat it as gospel.
There’s zero question that we need to enact protections like human review for all such results
veronicablood
small town in the south, huh? Dollar says there's more to this story and it involves a personal beef between this person and some pig/politician.
WHO BOUGHT HER HOUSE OUT FROM UNDER HER?
psugab
While I want to believe this just because I want another reason to preach against LLMs and "AI", can we normalize adding sources to sensational stuff?
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud
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psugab
No, but if you post a sensational news item, you should provide the news source, not just pictures from social media
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
Well said.
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RIxspacexCK
This was verified on snopes fact checkers website
freshthrowaway1138
So provide a link. You're the OP, you're the one potentially spreading misinformation. People can't look up the hundreds of things that scroll across their screen on their own, it is your duty to fight against misinformation by doing the smallest act of posting a source.
psugab
Hear hear!
petonious
She's gonna get a lawyer and a ton of money.
urusername2
I hope she sued for false arrest! It's an easy win, especially with all charges dropped! She could get millions. Any lawyer would take it!
DeadWhiteMale
There might be a suit coming. https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/04/01/attorney-discusses-potential-lawsuit-after-tennessee-grandmother-jailed-by-facial-recognition-error/
urusername2
I was an insurance adjuster for 40 years [part of it for a city]. This is a dead bang winner!
TrumpRapesChildren
Man I'm fine with aí for small research assisted shit, like figuring out why one of stalker 2 mods wasn't working. But that's it. That's the extent. Nothing further. AI is a fucking disease and it will the reason they kill us all to further themselves. Something something burn it to the ground to rule over the ashes
ThadisJones
The cops and AI have access to so much information they can correlate a facial match to a random person from a security camera half the country away with enough confidence to arrest, extradite, and hold her.
The cops and AI have access to so much information showing absolutely that it's physically impossible for this person to have been the suspect, but hey, that's not the question they're interested in asking.
VinchVolt
what's even scarier is the realization that for every case of this visibly happening there's a hundred more just like it that go unreported, especially among nonwhite, queer, and disabled communities.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
Grandma's 6'5"
VodkaReindeer
No silly, she's 77 cm!
GlenL
Literally their entire case was "computer said arrest her"
rbudrick
The cops knew. They wanted somone who couldnt fight back and a nice shiny case closed to pad the resumes of all involved.
ThailandExpress
https://www.thedrive.com/news/i-reported-on-flocks-cameras-now-im-one-of-the-systems-mistakes
TheLastSpaceman
She can sue the police, sue the state, and sue the AI company separately and get 3 different settlements...
BryanTenn
End Qualified Impunity.
hellsgunslinger
Im not a huge fan of the "sue everybody culture" but in this case its more than warranted. I hope she sues the shit out of everyone she can
insaaanity
You've fallen victim to propaganda designed to get legislation passed to make it more difficult to sue corporations.
mikeatike
This isnt "everybody" this is suing the corrupt government and pig cops. They should consider themselves lucky to only be sued.
SparrowTail3
I'm shocked that this made it past a probable cause hearing. I'm not a law expert, but seriously, who was the judge and the defense attorney?
flightstosaturn
Defense attorney was probably an overworked public defender who didn’t have enough time to properly defend this woman due to a disgustingly unfair caseload.
SteveTheEgg
Everyone involved in making this mistake should also spend 6 months in jail.
malachilenomade
And lose their homes, cars and dogs.
drousnavat
Legally you can sue the cops for damages caused by a wrongul arrest. Realistically only about 8% of those cases are won.
NotSomoneElse68
I'd sue the AI company.
yamsonyamsonyams
Happened to me and some friends that we were wrongfully arrested - nobody who tried to sue for any money
Perhaps because some folks might have been real-world guilty… but it’s not our fault the cops dont know how to write and execute a warrant
They even broke open a safe door without amending the warrant! 100% of that evidence was tossed lol
SecondSince
And it'll take FOREVER!
Saturniidae
.... And then taxpayers are forced to cough up the money, in order to cover the bill for corrupt lazy police.
Not saying she doesn't deserve compensation, she absolutely does, but god I'm tired of cops getting away with this and we call it good because the victim got a check paid for by a third unrelated party.
ArcaneM37
All they have to do to prove it was not wrongful was say "she looked like the person on the security footage." That is reasonable to arrest her, so not wrongful. I doubt AI will even come into the debate. It should, but i doubt it will.
flordelasantillas
She has a much stronger case by suing the city for allowing PD the use of AI to identify suspects. Cops are immune from a civil lawsuit unless their conduct violated a "clearly established" statutory or constitutional right.
Goochami
She should sue the AI company.
Isorikk
Wrongful arrest would be the wrong damages to pursue in this case, since that would indicate the police violated your rights. The arrest was likely completely lawful. What is questionable was the prosecutors and judge(s) not doing their due diligence in protecting the defendant, which has pretty much zero involvement with the police at that point. The blame here lies in the process, which falls on the city/county.
Grimlinnan
That is why revenge is necessary at this point in our country.
chefsoda
8% of the claims that make it to trial might be successful, but fewer than 5% of claims get to court. Realistically, less than half a percent of claims are successful.
False or wrongful arrest is a very common claim, and the vast majority are dismissed
fartharder
The court considers it merely an inconvenience
Zalm
We have investigated ourselves, and found we have done nothing wrong. Case dismissed.
ardtay
How many settle out of court?
chefsoda
In a civil trial, almost every case settles without a trial. “Reaching court” however includes those. As a legal phrase, it means a claim that has been filed and had motions filed or formal negotiations, which all those that are not tossed out do.
Unlike criminal trials, once motions & discovery is done, the outcome is all but certain, and so both sides sort the little bit of wiggle room, then sign off. In criminal cases, someone’s liberty is at stake, so people will fight to the end.
TheUnnamedPoet
I think she would have a pretty strong case this time, since no one tried to verify the "evidence" and just assumed that the AI was correct. There was clear negligence on the part of the investigators, and she would likely win any litigation quite handily.
VolcanoHerder
That, or, most likely, this Facebook post exaggerated the details to make it seem even more shocking. I'm CERTAIN the cops and investigators still fucked up really bad, but they probably did *just enough* that a judge won't bother to set any kind of new precedent about it.
GrilledSpamNCheeze
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition
VolcanoHerder
That was meant to be more of a commentary on how random Facebook stories shouldn't be considered news since so often they misconstrue stories for engagement. Thank you for an actual news link.
GrilledSpamNCheeze
You're welcome... yeah I read your comment basically that way..I just posted it to yours to give your comment more validity
ZackWester
dude we have cases where cops have fabricated evidence in public and then in front of the court and gotten away whit it.
drousnavat
Hope so, but you know how American courts are. They do everything they can to protect the cops. This would be something handled by a judge so I am thinking anything below federal level court would probably be dismissed and then need to be appealed to a higher court till they get to one that does not have some connection to the cops that did the fucked up things.
ActionJohnnie
Not just protecting the cops, but the town or jurisdiction that would be liable.
SawhorseJackson
Bad cops piss off good judges too. They create work that doesn’t need to exist, causing substantial overhead in the form of time wasted hearing cases that don’t need to exist. And if there’s anything judges hate, it’s someone they think is wasting their time. They’re the little gods of their own courtrooms and anyone messing with the flow is in the crosshairs—this can include bad cops.
That said, I did specify that this is true of GOOD judges. I’ll leave it to you to decide how many are left.
stabbermcshooty
Whhaaatttt the American legal system never protects cops
stabbermcshooty
Really hope the downvote is because I forgot the /s