Baltimore Student Handcuffed After AI Gun Detection System Mistook Doritos Bag for Firearm
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A Baltimore high school student was handcuffed by police after an AI-powered gun detection system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos chips for a firearm. Taki Allen was sitting outside Kenwood High School eating snacks with friends when police approached him with guns drawn, forced him to his knees, handcuffed him, and searched him. The incident highlights concerns about the reliability of AI surveillance systems in schools and their potential for false positives that can lead to traumatic encounters with law enforcement.
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Allen said they made him get on his knees, handcuffed and searched him
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
Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious
