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Developing AI field signal Development 1d ago
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Flock camera town bag dispute

Flock ‘Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment’: Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Flock Cameras

6 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

6 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Hypervisible Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Ben Winters Jake Laperruque

“The emails give insight into the process cities face while deFlocking themselves after voting not to renew a contract with the AI surveillance company. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read the full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/…”

“"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great." www.404media.co/flock-object...”

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Jason Koebler: New: Public records show how a city that ended its Flock contract spent months trying to get the company to remove the cameras or turn off the cameras. They were told Flock "objects" to the city re…
David Marx: set a hard deadline and then fine them daily for each day and camera afterwards.
404 Media: New: Public records show how a city that ended its Flock contract spent months trying to get the company to remove the cameras or turn off the cameras. They were told Flock "objects" to the city re…
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 3d ago
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AI opt-out user burden essay

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Data & Society Woodrow Hartzog Reece Ben Winters Neil Turkewitz

“"When a company chooses to opt you into an AI feature, they are making decisions with real-world consequences," @thiccreese.bsky.social writes. If a company "opts millions of users into a deepfake tool, then a world filled w even more deepfakes becomes more…”

““If a company automatically opts millions of users into a deepfake tool, then a world filled with even more deepfakes becomes more possible. And that's a reality I’d love to opt out of.” My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/please...”

Primary source wired.com ↗
Developing Vision & synthetic media Development 1d ago
Senate AI senior deepfake fraud hearing

The AI Deception Machine: Deepfakes, Chatbots, and the New Frontier of Senior Fraud | United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Ben Winters

“Honored to be testifying in the Senate Aging Committee next week about allllll the ways AI is making scams much worse for older Americans (and all of us) and what Congress should be doing about it www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/the...”

Primary source aging.senate.gov ↗