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An AI-based weapon detection system triggered lockdown procedures and alarms after it identified a clarinet as a gun in a Florida middle school.
The false alarm was sounded after surveillance cameras connected to the AI system mistook a student holding the musical instrument as a weapon and caused panic as police were dispatched to the scene to find no danger.
Once it was clear that there was no danger, the school's principal addressed parents, saying: “A student was walking in the hallway, holding a musical instrument as if it were a weapon, which triggered the Code Red to activate. While there was no threat to campus, I’d like to ask you to speak with your student about the dangers of pretending to have a weapon on a school campus.”
A similar incident occurred earlier this year when a high schooler in the US was held at gunpoint by police after his bag of Doritos was mistaken for a gun.
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