Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions

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par Maria Lungu, Postdoctoral Researcher of Law and Public Administration, University of Virginia
Steven L. Johnson, Associate Professor of Commerce, University of Virginia

In Baltimore on Oct. 20, 2025, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence-enhanced surveillance camera falsely identified the Doritos bag in his pocket as a gun. Within moments police cars arrived, officers drew their weapons and Allen was forced to his knees and handcuffed while they searched him. All they found was a crumpled bag of chips. The AI’s misidentification and the human decisions…

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