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WhiskeyGrinder

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:02 AM 19 hrs ago

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud

A Tennessee grandmother says she is trying to rebuild her life after an incident of mistaken identity by an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system tied her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation.

Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes.

Lipps, a mother of three and grandmother of five, said she has lived most of her life in north-central Tennessee. She had never been on an airplane until authorities flew her to North Dakota last year to face charges.

In July, US marshals arrested Lipps at her Tennessee home while she was babysitting four children. She said she was taken away at gunpoint and booked into a county jail as a fugitive from justice from North Dakota.
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Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud (Original Post) WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago OP
Hope she makes bank on the lawsuit bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #1
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