‘Accused’: Nick Cannon On Returning To A Dramatic Role To Lead A Story About The Unintended Consequences Of AI
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Tuesday night’s episode Fox‘s Accused Season 2. Nick Cannon plays a man on the verge of unfathomable success when his life is completely turned upside down, more than once, in the latest episode of Accused.
Things couldn’t be going better for Marcus (Cannon) and his business partner Pete (Patrick J. Adams), who are about to become billionaires after they sell the AI-powered facial recognition software they’ve developed to Google.
Their euphoria over the pending sale is short-lived, though, after an anonymous caller demands millions to stay quiet about a discrepancy in the software’s accuracy, which shows greater likelihood that the software will misidentify people of color.
The kicker? Marcus never knew about such a discrepancy at all. Pete swears it’s been addressed, and suggests the men pay the money and move on.
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