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Infrastructure · OregonFree Future home The cloud Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR or LPR) company Flock is building a dangerous nationwide mass-surveillance infrastructure, as we have been pointing out for several years now. The problem with mass surveillance is that it always expands beyond the uses for which it is initially justified — and sure enough, Flock’s system is undergoing insidious expansion across multiple dimensions. If your community adopts this tec…See the Story
Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
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Artificial Intelligence · United StatesDiscussing the history of weapons, George Orwell argued that some, like tanks, naturally lend themselves to despotism because they are complex, expensive and difficult to make, while others, like muskets and rifles, are “inherently democratic.” I’ve always remembered that notion, so when ChatGPT burst into public consciousness in November of 2022, I immediately thought about how much ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs) looked like a t…See the Story
Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI
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ACLU · GazaEllessandra Taormino, she/her/hers, Intern, Media and Strategic Engagement, ACLU Editor’s Note: The ACLU is committed to fighting for all reporters’, including the student press’, right to hold those in power accountable. Through “Press in Peril,” our ongoing series, we’re highlighting the challenges facing the press in a democracy under pressure. For student press resources visit the Student Press Law Center. Last year, during the Spring semest…See the Story
