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130,000 AI Cameras Are Reading Your Licence Plate Right Now
A private company called Flock Safety has blanketed the United States with AI-powered licence-plate readers, mostly for police use. Critics say the network has grown faster than the laws meant to govern it.

Meta's AI Glasses Are Recording Strangers. Women Are Fighting Back.
Smart glasses that stream live video to AI are sparking a real-world privacy revolt, with women leading the charge against being filmed in public without their knowledge.

Australia's First Live Face-Scanning Police Trial Has Already Checked 130,000 People. Experts Are Alarmed.
Western Australia Police ran facial recognition cameras across Perth and Fremantle for weeks before its own privacy watchdog got a proper look. Researchers warn the system may be least accurate for the very communities it is most likely to scan.

AI-Powered Street Cameras Are Quietly Building a National Surveillance Grid — And Some Cities Are Walking Away
Cameras made by Flock Safety scan licence plates and flag vehicles automatically. Critics say the resulting data is a federal immigration agency's dream. A growing number of communities are cancelling their contracts.