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Our second Flock scoop this week: We got the code for a powerful AI tool Flock built for police. It goes much further than tracking license plates. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

wired.comFlock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its CodeFlock’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…

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For years, Flock has told the public that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” WIRED has learned, though, that Flock’s new AI tool does allow users to search for people. wrd.cm/4giqAAC

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19 Aug

Drawing on a network of cameras that logs the movements of drivers in more than 6,000 communities, Flock’s tool can pick out potential witnesses by how often their cars pass through a neighborhood, or surface a driver’s “associates” from the cameras they pass together. wrd.cm/4giqAAC

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19 Aug

Yesterday, we brought you the story of a cop who spoke out against his city’s use of Flock’s cameras. He was subjected to five internal affairs investigations and was pushed out of his job. wrd.cm/4xQauW7

wired.comThe Cop Who Took On FlockAfter Noel Pichardo called out his city's embrace of Flock surveillance cameras, he was subjected to five internal affairs investigations in less than two years.

Ⓐnarky Rules 🏴

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5 Sept

I mean, if the guy is willing to humbly admit he regrets being a cop and appreciates being forced out of that, I'm more than willing to accept him being a genuine working class champion for doing that.