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A Florida sheriff dismissed growing concerns over Flock cameras in his community as ignorance, asserting that the AI-powered automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are essential to help solve crimes, and compared efforts to “deFlock” the community to cities who want to defund the police. St.…
MapQuest has made it clear the website will not budge when it comes to changing the name of Lake Ontario, which President Donald Trump renamed Lake America on Thursday. In a social media post Thursday, Mapquest shared a screenshot of Lake Ontario and declared “We’re…
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the Pentagon acted illegally when it labeled AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk, finding the designation violated the First Amendment. CNBC reports that U.S. District Judge Rita Lin found that the Department of Defense punished…
A Florida man faces felony charges after allegedly vandalizing a decoy Flock camera. The decoy, part of a vandalism sting, was built by a police officer with a personal 3D printer to catch vandals in the act. 404 Media reports that Evan Meyer was arrested…
More than 100 companies, spanning AI developers, cybersecurity firms, financial institutions and internet infrastructure providers, have joined Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic in signing an open letter urging governments and industry to join forces against a coming wave of AI-driven cyberattacks. The first self-directed AI hacking…
Friday, on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Michael Rulli (R-OH) discussed the opposition to an OpenAI and NVIDIA $500 billion data center in Ohio. The Ohio Republican accused the Chinese government of ginning up that opposition with “propaganda” in Ohio. “Let’s bring in…
National security experts are warning about China-linked efforts to use American artificial intelligence and social media platforms in attempts to shape U.S. debates over data centers, energy, and technology policy after X said it identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 suspected inauthentic Chinese accounts.…
A 63-year-old man who inexplicably set himself on fire Friday in the lobby of a Lower Manhattan office building has been arrested and charged with arson, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced Saturday. John Butch is charged with lighting himself on fire with the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal theology and so much more. But for many, her death Tuesday has served as a reminder that at the heart…
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) said in a video published Saturday that none of the country’s social media platforms have committed to removing “information that is inaccurate about voting or candidates,” calling that “very scary.” The Arizona Democrat made the remark while describing her own trouble…
