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title: "The Grandmother Threat - “An Innovative Approach to Algorithmic Perjury” - 2026 AI Darwin Award"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-grandmother-threat---an-innovative-approach-to-algorithmic-perjury---2026-ai-darwin-award-kjuigiahd
source_url: https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/angela-lipps-facial-recognition-failure.html
type: article
source: "AI Darwin Awards"
published: 2026-05-30T06:24:28.250Z
updated: 2026-05-30T06:24:45.609Z
tags: ["machine-learning", "facial-recognition"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# The Grandmother Threat - “An Innovative Approach to Algorithmic Perjury” - 2026 AI Darwin Award

**[AI Darwin Awards](https://daily.dev/sources/aidarwinawards)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A Tennessee grandmother named Angela Lipps was wrongfully arrested at gunpoint while babysitting after Clearview AI's facial recognition system incorrectly identified her as a bank fraud suspect in North Dakota — despite living 1,200 miles away and never having visited the state. She spent over five months entangled in the justice system before bank records exonerated her. The case is nominated for a satirical 2026 AI Darwin Award, highlighting the dangers of deploying facial recognition without human oversight or basic investigative verification.

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**@bhavyaomar** · 0 upvotes

> It's really horrible to see why the result was not verified before arrest. How could they trust any AI so blindly !!

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