Clearview AI’s Leads Under Scrutiny

Police departments in the Fargo-West Fargo area use Clearview AI facial recognition as a secondary investigative tool, generally after traditional methods fail and with access limited to trained officers.

West Fargo says results are treated as leads requiring independent verification, but the wrongful detention of Angela Lipps after an AI-linked identification exposed gaps in interagency oversight and raised questions about how partner systems and investigative assumptions are controlled.