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Daily Mirror
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Fiona Leishman

AI scanner used to detect weapons in hundreds of US schools 'fails to find knives'

A security company which sells AI weapons scanners to schools is facing scrutiny after its $3.7m system reportedly failed to detect a knife used in a stabbing of a student.

Evolv Technology is aiming to replace traditional metal scanners with AI weapons scanners, which are designed to detect knives, bombs and guns.

But on Halloween last year, a student was able to enter Proctor High School in Utica, New York, with a knife - despite the school having the multi-million system in place.

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