US EditionAI software mistakes high school student's bag of chips for a weapon
The AI system sent an alert leading to police searching the student; the school offers counseling and reviews notification procedures after the false alarm.
- On Monday at Kenwood High School, an AI-powered gun detector flagged a possible weapon, prompting police officers to arrive about 20 minutes after students were outside.
- Last year, Baltimore County Public Schools began using a gun detection system that employs artificial intelligence and existing school cameras; Omnilert, AI gun detection software company, declined to comment on internal procedures.
- Taki Allen said police officers forced him to the ground, cuffed and searched him after mistaking a Doritos bag for a weapon, while witnesses recalled eight cop cars arriving.
- The school's principal wrote that the Department of School Safety and Security reviewed and canceled the alert after confirming no weapon, and school counselors will provide support to students.
- The episode has prompted community concern as local police said Omnilert, the school's AI gun detector system, triggered the alert, while Lamont Davis, Allen's grandfather, said `Nobody wants this to happen to their child.
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High school student surrounded by police and handcuffed after AI mistakes his bag of Doritos for a gun
Taki Allen, a 16-year-old high school student at Kenwood High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, got an unwelcome surprise as he sat outside with friends after football practice while waiting to be picked up last week.Read Entire Article
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The Independent (US)Cops handcuff student after AI tool mistook his bag of Doritos for a weapon
‘Nobody wants this to happen to their child,’ the boy’s grandfather told local news
Black Baltimore County High School Student Handcuffed After AI Tech Mistook Bag Of Chips For Weapon
Source: Screeshot WBFF/YouTube / Screenshot WBFF/YouTube Look, maybe it’s time the tech world rethinks having AI technology do the job of law enforcement, particularly in the Black community. Not that human cops don’t do a fine job of making Black people feel terrorized rather than protected all on their own, but when AI surveillance systems are out here mistaking Dorito bags for deadly weapons, and that results in Black teenagers being handcuff…
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