Bible in backpack triggers multiple alarms at Vienna-Schwechat airport
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An 81‑year‑old cardinal’s Bible set off security alarms three times in quick succession at Vienna‑Schwechat airport, and staff told him the alerts were caused by AI detection.
The cardinal wrote about the incident in his weekly column in the free Vienna newspaper Heute on 16 October, questioning the reliability of AI and noting the unsettling nature of the experience, while a security employee joked that the AI might have identified explosive material in the Bible.