Student handcuffed after AI mistakes bag of chips for gun

A student ata high school in the US was handcuffed and searched by armed police last week after an artificial intelligence (Al) security system mistakenly flagged his empty bag of Dorito chips asa gun, CNN reported on Sunday.

- Agencies

The incident took place at Kenwood High School in Baltimore County, Maryland on Monday evening when student Taki Allen was waiting with friends outside the school for a ride home after football practice. He was eating chips at the time.

“Eight cop cars suddenly pulled up at the school. The officers made me get on my knees, put my hands behind my back, and cuffed me,” Allen told CNN affiliate WBAL. “The first thing I was wondering was, was I about to die? Because they had a gun pointed at me.”