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Flock Safety's new AI tool enables police to track individuals by driving patterns

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Flock Safety, a company known for its vehicle surveillance technology, has developed a new AI-powered tool called OS Investigate that enables police to identify and track individuals based on their driving patterns. This system, which integrates with existing camera networks and accesses various databases, allows officers to search for people using physical descriptions or behavioral patterns, rather than just license plates. Privacy experts have raised concerns about the tool's potential for warrantless surveillance and its ability to cast suspicion on individuals regardless of criminal activity. AI

IMPACT This tool raises significant privacy concerns by enabling broad surveillance capabilities for law enforcement, potentially impacting civil liberties.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a new AI-powered product developed by a company, which is not a frontier AI lab.

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Flock Safety's new AI tool enables police to track individuals by driving patterns

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COVERAGE [8]

  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron ·

    Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

    Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Flock is Secretly Building a Powerful New Prompt-Based AI Tool for Police Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this article from Wired: [Flock] has told the public for

    📰 Flock is Secretly Building a Powerful New Prompt-Based AI Tool for Police Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this article from Wired: [Flock] has told the public for years that its technology "cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals." It has now built a system that doe... 📰 S…

    LINKS yro.slashdot.org/…/flock-is-secretly-buil…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Flock Has a Powerful New # AI Tool for # Police . We Got Its Code Flock’s # surveillance # cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-

    # Flock Has a Powerful New # AI Tool for # Police . We Got Its Code Flock’s # surveillance # cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than # tracking license plates. # a…

    LINKS wired.com/…/flock-safety-os-investigate
  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Flock Has a Powerful New # AI Tool for # Police . We Got Its Code https://www. wired.com/story/flock-safety-o s-investigate/ # privacy # surveillance # AI

    # Flock Has a Powerful New # AI Tool for # Police . We Got Its Code https://www. wired.com/story/flock-safety-o s-investigate/ # privacy # surveillance # AI

    LINKS wired.com/…/flock-safety-os-investigate
  5. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Big brother has a new weapon, AI 😳 Flock Has a Powerful New # AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code "VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE GIANT # Flock Safety has told the public

    Big brother has a new weapon, AI 😳 Flock Has a Powerful New # AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code "VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE GIANT # Flock Safety has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a system that does b…

    LINKS wired.com/…/flock-safety-os-investigate
  6. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generatio

    📰 Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license pl... 📰 Source: Feed: …

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/flock-safety-os-investi… web.archive.org
  7. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wire d.com/story/flock-safety-os-investigate/

    Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wire d.com/story/flock-safety-os-investigate/

  8. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code https://www.wired.com/story/flock-safety-os-investigate/ # Tech # AI # Security

    Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code https://www.wired.com/story/flock-safety-os-investigate/ # Tech # AI # Security

    LINKS wired.com/…/flock-safety-os-investigate

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