US EditionBong Hits, Fake Names and Park Cameras: What's Behind the Unusual Public Comment at Today's City Council Meeting
Austin withdrew a $2 million AI surveillance camera contract after residents raised privacy concerns similar to those that ended the city's license plate reader program.
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Austin drops AI surveillance cameras from consideration as residents raise privacy concerns - Austin Monitor
The city of Austin is no longer considering using artificial intelligence to help catch people breaking into cars and committing other crimes at parks and greenbelts, at least for the time being. Dozens of incidents, including car break-ins and stolen valuables, are reported at popular green spaces each year. Earlier this year, the city stepped […] The post Austin drops AI surveillance cameras from consideration as residents raise privacy concer…
Bong hits, fake names and park cameras: What's behind the unusual public comment at today's city council meeting
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's not every day that Austin Mayor Kirk Watson starts an Austin City Council meeting talking about bong hits. But today's meeting -- at least until public comment had wrapped up -- was anything but standard. To tell this story we need to go back to a council meeting last month. On the agenda: "Authorize a contract for mobile security cameras and monitoring for the Parks and Recreation Department with LiveView Technologies dba …
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