Police departments across the country are deploying autonomous drones that can launch from rooftops, fly beyond visual range, track vehicles, and transmit live video directly to police command centers. Increasingly, artificial intelligence helps…
A fast-growing police surveillance network is running into a local revolt.Cities across the country are canceling contracts, shutting down cameras, or refusing new deals with Flock Safety. The company’s automated license-plate readers have…
The European Union is developing a growing, intrusive surveillance state, which two recent developments demonstrate.Speed LimitersIn late June, the Daily Mail reported that the European Commission is considering a measure to require “every new…
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps just lost one of its eyes on the Gulf of Oman. U.S. forces destroyed a surveillance tower at Iran’s Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port in a precision strike July 16, taking out what U.S. Central Command…
A correct Catholic approach to AI becomes clearer, I think, if we approach a foundational text in Catholic Social Teaching, Rerum novarum, not as about structural issues in political economy, but rather as about claims on time and claims of…
Right now, government schools are using AI and so-called “educational” apps to collect data on children. The scheme is even reaching into the realm of mental health, gathering data on children’s emotional behavior, explains Katie Allen, a policy…
The clash between the Pentagon and artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been making headlines for weeks, as it centers on the limits of AI use. The fallout escalated quickly. After the company refused to drop its restrictions on using…
In the wake of mounting Defense Department pressure on AI developer Anthropic to loosen restrictions on how its artificial intelligence systems may be used, hundreds of AI employees at rival tech giants say the DOD’s demands go too far. They…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), long seen as emblematic of unconstitutionally expanding state power and surveillance, is increasing its capabilities again with a new office focused on drone and counter-drone technologies. The move…
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