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🚨AI Thought His Chips Were a Gun — and Police Pulled Their Triggers.

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Rahul Iyer
October 25, 2025

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In the US, a teenager’s ordinary snack run turned tense when an AI system wrongly flagged a bag of crisps as a weapon, leading to armed police surrounding him — a stark reminder of how fragile real-world AI judgment can be. Meanwhile, across the tech world, Anthropic is making a massive leap forward by tapping into Google’s powerful AI chips, setting the stage for a new phase in training its Claude chatbot and intensifying the race to build the smartest AI models yet.

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🧠The Pulse

A 16-year-old student in Maryland was handcuffed after an AI safety system wrongly thought his bag of Doritos was a gun. Within minutes, police cars rushed to the school, officers pointed weapons, and the boy was ordered to the ground. What began as a snack turned into a terrifying AI-made scene.

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  • The incident happened around 7 p.m. outside Kenwood High School in Baltimore County. Student Taki Allen was chatting with friends after football practice when the school’s AI gun-detection system flagged him as carrying a weapon. He was actually holding a crumpled Doritos packet. Within minutes, 8 police cars arrived and surrounded him with guns drawn.

  • The alert came from Omnilert Gun Detect, an AI tool that scans school cameras for firearm shapes. The Baltimore County school district installed it across high schools in 2023. The system instantly alerts police when it spots what it “believes” is a gun. In this case, it misread the shiny folds of the chip bag as metal. Officers searched Allen but found nothing.

  • After the footage was reviewed, school officials confirmed it was a false alarm. The district apologized and offered counseling to students who witnessed the scene. Community leaders are now asking for a full review of the AI system. One council member said, “This could have ended in tragedy.” Omnilert later claimed the system “worked as designed,” since it was meant to alert staff to any possible threat.

💡What This Means for You

AI is showing up everywhere — from schools to malls to offices. But this story is a reminder that tech isn’t always right. One small mistake can cause panic or even danger. Always question what AI sees. Real safety still needs real people watching and thinking.

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🧠The Pulse

Anthropic just made a massive move with Google. It will use up to 1 million Google AI chips worth more than $30 billion to train the next generation of Claude chatbots. Starting 2026, this upgrade gives Anthropic the power to build faster, smarter, and more capable AI models that can challenge ChatGPT.

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  • Anthropic announced the deal on Oct 23 with plans to use Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and full cloud setup. The partnership gives Anthropic access to over 1 million chips and more than 1 gigawatt of computing capacity. That scale will train bigger Claude models at lower cost and higher energy efficiency.

  • Google has already invested $3 billion in Anthropic. With this expansion, both companies deepen their partnership while competing with Nvidia, which still leads the AI chip market. The move helps Google prove its TPUs can match or even beat Nvidia’s GPUs, giving AI startups more reliable options for large-scale model training.

  • Anthropic’s valuation has now passed $180 billion after raising $13 billion this year. The company still works with AWS and Nvidia GPUs but will rely more on Google Cloud for flexibility and speed. Experts call this one of the biggest AI hardware deals ever and say it could change how the next generation of AI tools are built.

💡What This Means for You

This deal speeds up how quickly AI tools improve. Bigger computing power means smarter chatbots, better assistants, and faster upgrades to the platforms you use daily. As Claude gets stronger, it will push every AI company to step up — and your digital tools may soon feel a lot more human.

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