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AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case (www.grandforksherald.com)
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[โ€“] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

vendors certainly deserve a share for convincing cops their shit is flawless.

here's another example, where the cops trusted the casino AI face matching over the guy's own identifications (plural, all kinds of IDs on him and he had a CDL etc.,)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUBXN2Fd_E

[โ€“] mech@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yes, the vendors share part of the blame.
The AI doesn't.

Edit for clarification: AI can't share any blame. It's a computer program.
The company that makes it is fully responsible for what it does, and the cops are responsible for believing its output over actual proof.