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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Grandmother jailed for 6 months after AI error linked her to a crime in a state she had never even visited, lawyers say

Angela Lipps, 50, was arrested at her Tennessee home and extradited to Fargo to face criminal charges tied to a crime in state she had never been to - (Fargo Police Department)

A Tennessee grandmother spent nearly six months behind bars after artificial intelligence facial recognition software wrongly identified her as a suspect in a bank fraud case – in North Dakota – a state she says she had never even visited.

Angela Lipps, 50, was arrested at her home last summer and extradited more than 1,200 miles to Fargo to face criminal charges tied to what police described as an organized fraud scheme.

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