New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

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But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last wk.

AYFKM “Meta will be able to draw upon Newsmax's significant current reporting as well as archived content to support AI queries across Meta's apps and devices.” ir.newsmax.com/news/news-de...

I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thing you please... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...

Opinion | The Environmental Case Against Data Centers Is Misguided

Our animosity toward data centers is really more about our anxieties about A.I.

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Hacked source code reveals how Suno scraped decades worth of music and podcasts from the internet to train its AI tool. www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

Hacked source code reveals how Suno scraped decades worth of music and podcasts from the internet to train its AI tool.

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"The secrecy was agreed to by nearly everyone involved, from utility executives to the governor’s office to a local elected official who knew about the talks with Meta and sold 300 acres of his own property for the project."

How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal

A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.

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It is rare for the public to see such a large list of ICE’s technology capabilities in a single document. 404 Media has published the whole document, called “ICE Wide Analytical Tools," here: www.404media.co/leaked-docum... @josephcox.bsky.social reports:

is this not embarrassing to do every 6 months?

Opened a new credit card? Here’s how that could inform ICE about where you live. @josephcox.bsky.social Read now: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...

“The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT had assured Scott Winters that the early warning signs of his health crisis were “not something dangerous,” and had dissuaded him from seeking medical advice, instead telling him to trust that ‘God did not design your body to endlessly fail.’”

OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT’s ‘Dangerous’ Health Advice

The case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition.

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It is very rich the way AI companies argue that when they use machine learning to distill and replicate a corpus of copyrighted works that’s fine, but when you use machine learning to distill and replicate their models, that’s crossing a line.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

* TRUMP ADVISER MICHAEL KRATSIOS: HAVE INFORMATION THAT MOONSHOT AI DISTILLED ANTHROPIC'S FABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS K3 MODEL @reuters.com #Kimi

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli

"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great."

Flock ‘Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment’: Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Flock Cameras

"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great."

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"The other commissioner who approved the Paramount merger, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, and his wife sat in a private skybox with Paramount CEO David Ellison and other executives from Paramount and CBS. Such seats sold for $125,000 a ticket..." www.propublica.org/article/para...

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...

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The chief “defended the technology as an investigative tool, comparing it to home security cameras and doorbell systems used by residents.”

Chetek police install Flock cameras without mayor’s knowledge

The Chetek Police Department is facing backlash after installing two Flock Safety cameras without notifying the city’s mayor or council, sparking public concerns about privacy and government oversight...

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seems like home depot really wants me to know they saw me looking

“This type of behavior is not unique for #Meta,” says @benwinters.bsky.social, director of #AI and privacy at the Consumer Federation of America. “They are stewards of the opt-out status quo that we find ourselves in."

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive features.

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Today in luxury surveillance.

Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy Features

Oura Rings, Garmin GPS fitness watches, Apple Watches, Whoop bands—every year, more and more tech devices are promising to monitor our health and fitness, guide us toward healthier living, and provide...

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A+ headline.

Smart speakers could help OpenAI lose even more money - Engadget

A smart speaker won't save OpenAI.

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This is a great and normal idea that will end well

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w ago

“1Password just announced 1Password for Claude, a new feature on its browser extension that lets Claude use your credentials, but blocks your private info from reaching the model, its memory or Anthropic's systems.”

Got this text a couple months. Had to investigate it. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...

ABC NEWS: ".. Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on that speech and more than a dozen others .." abcnews.com/US/white-hou...

White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources

President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on the contents of Trump's speeches, sources say.

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Sometimes the police departments using Flock to looking for specific people reference a target’s race or signs of their political affiliation. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read @josephcox.bsky.social story here: www.404media.co/how-cops-use...

Aron d'Souza, who you might know as the founder of the Enhanced Games or the guy who helped Peter Thiel take down Gawker, just launched 'The Primary' which is his attempt to fix media bias by using an AI to score journalists on their impartiality and sourcing, and then rank them on a leaderboard.

“The People First #Chatbot Act rightfully focuses on privacy, safety, and accountability. It critically has straightforward enforcement mechanisms that allow people to act when they are harmed by careless #AI companies putting profit over people.” @benwinters.bsky.social

Article - CFA Celebrates House Introduction of the People-First Chatbot Act | Consumer Federation of America

Co-Chair of the House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy Representative Valerie Foushee (NC) and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Representative Greg Casar (TX) introd...

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Bravo Reps. Valerie Foushee and Greg Casar, and major congrats to @kara-williams.bsky.social, @benwinters.bsky.social, and @fairplayforkids.bsky.social for their work on the model People-First Chatbot Bill! epic.org/people-first...

EPIC@epic.org · 4w ago

Last night, federal lawmakers introduced the People-First Chatbot Act, a framework based on EPIC's model bill, which was crafted to make chatbots safer for everyone and address the harms caused by AI chatbots that were rushed into the public’s hands with little oversight or transparency.

“It really became apparent that the community was against it…”

Westland to remove Flock safety license plate cameras after privacy concerns

Westland will remove its 10 Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras when the city’s contract expires at the end of the month, following resident criticism and a split among city leaders over privac...

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it is hilariously difficult to guess whether a given commercial is for Jesus or an AI tool