"Police showed up, like eight cop cars, and then they all came out with guns pointed at me talking about getting on the ground,"
"He told me to get on my knees, arrested me and put me in cuffs,"
"responded appropriately and proportionally based on the information provided at the time"
"quickly reviewed and cancelled the initial alert after confirming there was no weapon"
A US teenager at a Baltimore school was handcuffed after an AI system mistakenly identified an empty packet of Doritos as a gun. The AI alert had been sent to human reviewers who found no threat, but the cancellation was missed and the principal contacted the school's safety team, which requested police support. Multiple armed officers arrived, searched and handcuffed the 16-year-old before determining there was no weapon; the student was not arrested. The student now fears eating outside after practice, and calls have emerged to review school procedures around the use of such AI alerts.
Read at www.bbc.com
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