"ZeroEyes cofounder Sam Alaimo told the Post that the AI performed exactly as it should have in this case, adopting a "better safe than sorry" outlook. A ZeroEyes spokesperson told Ars that "school resource officers, security directors and superintendents consistently ask us to be proactive and forward them an alert if there is any fraction of a doubt that the threat might be real.""
"Instead, after finding no evidence of a shooter, cops double-checked with dispatchers who confirmed that a closer look at the images indicated that "the suspected rifle might have been a band instrument." Among panicked students hiding in the band room, police eventually found the suspect, a student "dressed as a military character from the Christmas movie Red One for the school's Christmas-themed dress-up day," the Post reported."
A Florida middle school went into lockdown after an AI security system, ZeroEyes, mistook a clarinet for a rifle. Human review did not stop police from rushing to the school expecting an armed intruder. Officers found no shooter and dispatchers later concluded the suspected weapon might have been a band instrument. A student in a military-character costume for a Christmas-themed dress-up day was located in the band room. ZeroEyes defended the alert as appropriately cautious, saying school officials prefer proactive notifications. The incident renewed concerns about false positives, operational judgment, and the expense of AI security systems.
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