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Tennessee grandmother wrongly jailed for six months, latest victim of AI-driven misidentification — facial recognition is jailing the wrong people, but police keep using it anyway. (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] null@lemmy.org 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The case was dismissed on Christmas Eve, but the damage had already been done; she had no money, no coat, and no way home, and subsequently lost her house, her car, and her dog.

The AI fucking up is noteworthy, but the real story is right here.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

That's entirely unnoteworthy in a country that actively disables social welfare. A feature of the system, even.