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School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 hours ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The injured teenage survivor of a January 2025 shooting at a Nashville, Tennessee high school recently sued the manufacturer of an “AI gun detection” system that failed to detect the handgun that left two dead, including the shooter.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed in Davidson County court last month, the security company Omnilert either knew or should have known that there were “significant operational limitations in its gun detection system that could result in detection failures during actual emergencies, including limitations based on camera placement, proximity of the weapon to camera sensors, camera angle, lighting, and weapon visibility.”

Omnilert cofounder Ara Bagdasarian declined Ars’ invitation to answer questions about the lawsuit. System Integrations, the other defendant in the case, which resold the Omnilert system, also did not respond to Ars’ request for comment.

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[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 3 points 52 minutes ago

Why is this any better than a metal detector?

Asking the real questions here. My guess would be: they didn't have metal detectors, the metal detectors they had reached end-of-life, or preexisting metal detectors failed to integrate into a modern, unified surveillance system. And so the use of AI analytics tools, atop (preexisting) camera systems seemed more hassle-free (a subscription-based software integration) and cost-effective in the short term; that is if the unproven compromise bares any trust...

[–] db2@lemmy.world 48 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Oops, both companies are suddenly restructured under new ownership (a baby new llc) so now there's nobody to sue.

Watch and see.

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If it works for orphaned wells and patent trolls it'll work for this

[–] shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 minutes ago

The director of Citizen Kane never did that!

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Can’t wait for this be LLM run companies with 100% ownership by humans, so there’s no liability but the board controls everything.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 hours ago

The next vendor contract will say "shot detector is for entertainment purposes only".

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 2 hours ago

Didn't that guy did an AMA on Reddit years ago? Kinda remember something like this being dunked on as another surveillance company trying to cash out on school shootings

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Soon: ai not meant to detect guns or prevent shootings, read fine print Court: OK cool, case dismissed

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago

Next up: "AI has no duty to protect and serve"

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

Not hot dog