Woman Jailed for 6 Months Due to AI Identification Error

Sunday, March 15, 2026

A woman in the US had her life upended after she was wrongly imprisoned for six months in jail over a bank fraud case.

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"Angela Lipps was babysitting 4 kids at her Tennessee home when U.S. Marshals showed up guns drawn ... Fargo police ID'ed her as a bank fraud suspect using AI facial recognition -- it was wrong ... Lipps spent 4 months in a TN jail with no bail/hearing ... " boingboing.net/2026/03/12/g ...

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-- The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) Mar 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM

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AI Foul Up

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-13 05:32 AM | Reply

Sounds like another taxpayer funded payout coming.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-13 07:23 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

She just hit the lottery.

#3 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-03-13 08:28 AM | Reply

AI stubbornly insists on not apologizing.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-13 10:33 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

@#4 ... AI stubbornly insists on not apologizing. ...

... and the Pentagon apparently wants to use AI to allow the military's domestic monitoring of US citizens.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-13 12:41 PM | Reply

This is the future Republicans have planned for us.
No bail, no hearing.
At least she will get a massive $$ in negotiation.

That's what happens in Republican-run states.

#6 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-03-15 05:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Great call I'm glad you noticed, that actually isn't the fraudster granny in the photo. Would you like me randomly choose someone else with similar facial features since AI is programmed to always to return some result?"

thinking...

#7 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-03-16 01:28 PM | Reply

This is the future Republicans have planned for us.
No bail, no hearing.

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 01:31 PM | Reply

This is just basically the contemporary version of saying "it's the computer's fault" to avoid taking any human responsibility.

#9 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-03-16 01:39 PM | Reply