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Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited

Angela Lipps was wrongfully jailed for over five months after AI misidentification in bank fraud cases; authorities found process errors and dismissed charges Dec. 23.

  • On December 23, Fargo authorities dismissed charges against Angela Lipps after she spent over three months in jail following an incorrect AI-assisted identification linking her to North Dakota bank fraud.
  • Fargo Police Department Chief Dave Zibolski admitted the department relied on neighboring West Fargo's Clearview AI system without proper oversight, which incorrectly identified Lipps based on a fake ID from a West Fargo fraud case.
  • Assistant professor Ian Adams of the University of South Carolina warned that police rapidly adopt AI tools with little evidence of efficacy, noting detectives must "put their human eyes on these algorithmic results."
  • Fargo police prohibited West Fargo's system and now require all facial recognition identifications submitted monthly to the Investigations Division commander to "keep a closer eye on this evolving technology," Zibolski said.
  • Lipps stated she will "never go back to North Dakota," while her legal team explores civil rights claims as the fraud investigation remains open and charges may be refiled if evidence supports it.
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A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an artificial intelligence facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota — a state she says she has never been to.

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A 50-year-old woman was arrested in July in Tennessee, United States, after a facial recognition software was taken for the author of bank frauds in North Dakota, nearly 1,900...

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