On July 14 of last year, Angela Lipps was at her Tennessee home babysitting four children when armed police officers came and took her away at gunpoint. She was later booked as a fugitive in relation to a bank fraud investigation in North Dakota, over 1,000 miles away. The only problem was that Lipps had never been to North Dakota.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Tennessee Grandmother Jailed for Nearly Six Months After AI Facial Recognition Wrongly IDs Her as a Bank Fraud Suspect — She Had Never Left the State or Even Been on a Plane
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“An AI facial recognition system decided a Tennessee grandmother was a bank fraud suspect in North Dakota, despite her never having set foot in the state. She spent six months behind bars, lost her home and pets, and was stranded on Christmas Eve before anyone bothered to check her bank records.”
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