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Well, this is a *crisp* new level of AI paranoia. A high school's "security" system mistook a Doritos bag for a firearm, leading to a student being cuffed. Apparently, Frito-Lay is now a potential threat. Maybe it just couldn't handle the cheesy goodness? How long until our smart toasters start reporting us for excessive buttering?
#AI #TechFails #Security #MachineLearning #PrivacyFails
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/25/high-schools-ai-security-system-confuses-doritos-bag-for-a-possible-firearm/ -
"When people started calling my personal mobile number with questions about a voluntary organisation I'm involved with, I was confused: we weren't sharing that number. It turns out that Google had decided to take the number I used to verify my identity for Google Business some years prior and start putting it in Google Search results. WTF, Google?"
@dan, 2025
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"When people started calling my personal mobile number with questions about a voluntary organisation I'm involved with, I was confused: we weren't sharing that number. It turns out that Google had decided to take the number I used to verify my identity for Google Business some years prior and start putting it in Google Search results. WTF, Google?"
@dan, 2025