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

<p>Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious</p><p>An <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai">artificial intelligence system</a> (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.</p><p>Taki Allen was sitting with friends on Monday night outside Kenwood high school in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/baltimore">Baltimore</a> and eating a snack when police officers with guns approached him.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/baltimore-student-ai-gun-detection-system-doritos">Continue reading...</a>