American woman falsely accused of bank theft due to AI facial recognition misidentification, seeks $10 million in damages

Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old woman from Tennessee, was falsely accused of bank theft after Fargo police relied on AI facial recognition results. After nearly six months in custody, the charges were dropped, and she has now filed a lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit states that West Fargo police used AI facial recognition software to match a bank fraud suspect, returning Lipps' social media photo as a lead, but she does not resemble the female suspect in the surveillance footage and has never been to North Dakota. Lipps accuses the police of failing to conduct further investigation, applying for an arrest warrant without verifying probable cause, and that the Fargo Police Department lacks policies, training, and oversight in facial recognition use.