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AI Misidentification Lands Tennessee Grandma in Jail for Six MonthsA Tennessee grandmother named Angela Lipps spent nearly half a year behind bars after North Dakota police used faulty AI facial recognition to pin a bank fraud case on her. The system wrongly matched her face to security footage, triggering her arrest in July 2025. She was only released months later once investigators finally reviewed the actual evidence and realized the mistake.Research has long shown the danger: a 2015 study found facial recognition error rates can top 50% when matching unfamiliar faces. Yet law enforcement keeps deploying these tools in life-altering decisions with minimal human oversight.Polymarket currently gives just 10% odds that any AI system or company will face criminal charges over misuse before the end of 2026. The market reflects deep public doubt that accountability is coming anytime soon.