alt Hacker Newshttps://archive.is/yCaVV - Archive link to get around the paywall.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-gr... - Another article on this without a paywall.
It's annoying that both articles are calling this AI error. This was human error, the police did the wrong thing and the people of Fargo will end up paying for this fuckup.
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They're slapping AI in the title of any article that vaguely relates to get more clicks. This unfortunately works extremely well (see this thread)
Happens with a lot of topics of interest.
Human police errors are so routine that they're not news worthy.
When I load this URL I get "One more step Please complete the security check to access" and I cannot get past the archive.is computational paywall.
But the guardian article actually has text! Thanks.
I would argue it was both. No doubt this company was marketing it in a way to make it seem very reliable. And all of the procedural things afterwards made the error so much more damaging.
But imo this is why local police departments should not have access to this kind of tool. It is too powerful, and the statistical interpretation is too complicated for random North Dakota cops to use responsibly. Neither the company nor the PD have an incentive to be careful.