Incident 214: SN Technologies Reportedly Lied to a New York State School District about Its Facial and Weapon Detection Systems’ Performance
Description: SN Technologies allegedly misled Lockport City Schools about the performance of its AEGIS face and weapons detection systems, downplaying error rates for Black faces and weapon misidentification.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: SN Technologies developed an AI system deployed by Lockport City School District, which harmed Black students.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
214
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2020-01-02
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
vice.com · 2020
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Variants
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