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Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective (www.techspot.com)
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A Tennessee grandmother who spent six months in jail after facial recognition tech falsely linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation now wants compensation for what happened. Angela Lipps is suing the City of Fargo and a Fargo Police Department detective for $10 million over the incident, which led to the loss of her home, car, and dog.

In July 2025, a team of US Marshals arrested 50-year-old Lipps in Tennessee at gunpoint while she was babysitting four young children. She was booked into the county jail in Tennessee as a fugitive from justice wanted in North Dakota.

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[–] 20 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

The big talk lately is about making ai your public defender.

So imagine getting fasley accused of a crime and your Ai lawyer throws the case in everyway possible.

At that point we might as well make ai the judge jury and executioner.

Thanks palantir.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    There's a new Chris Pratt movie about that, which paints it in a positive light for some reason.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    If you want something that engages with the idea of "an Orwellian surveillance state ruled over by something that isn't actually AGI, but which pretends to be fair and just, and which dispenses immediate justice in the form of weapons of bodily destruction", just watch psycho-pass, which is actually good.

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