Article 70ZSY US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for gun

US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for gun

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Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious

An artificial intelligence system (AI) apparently mistook a high school student's bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.

Taki Allen was sitting with friends on Monday night outside Kenwood high school in Baltimore and eating a snack when police officers with guns approached him.

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