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When AI mistakes you for a criminal

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

Technology, Tech News, News

4.6827 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A grandmother was arrested. Spent five months in jail. The culprit? AI facial recognition. It wrongly linked her to a fraud case in a state she's never visited. She's not the only one. University of Virginia researcher Maria Lungu shares how and why AI gets it wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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at get Kim.com. All right, I ran across this story and I thought, we're going to switch gears

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right here too. And I thought, we really need to switch gears right here too and I thought we

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really need to talk about this on here on the big show a very very smart woman by the name of

1:17.7

maria lungu is a postdoctoral researcher the university of virginia she studies what happens

1:24.2

when AI gets it wrong and we all know about AI hallucinations.

1:28.3

But that's not what we're talking about here.

1:30.3

We're talking about when they get it wrong inside the criminal justice system.

1:35.3

And joining us right now is Maria herself.

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Maria, thank you for being here, number one.

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Thank you so much for having me, Kim.

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