News Summary

• An artificial intelligence (AI) detection system at Kenwood High School mistakenly flagged a student’s bag of potato chips as a gun, triggering a police response.
• The 16-year-old had finished eating a bag of Doritos and crumpled it up in his pocket when he was done.
• Systems like these scan images or video feeds for the shape and appearance of weapons.
• Until these systems can reliably tell the difference between a threat and a harmless snack, schools need stronger guardrails.