AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America

Flock Safety says AI surveillance could stop all crime. Critics cry '1984'

An artificial intelligence start-up, which halted its trial with federal agencies over concerns it shared users’ data, said it wants to enter public surveillance and prevent all crime before it happens, according to business magazine Forbes. Critics have said that Flock Safety’s expansion is creating an Orwellian atmosphere across the nation in the quest for public safety. Flock Safety CEO and co-founder Garrett Langley revealed the company’s pl…

Flock Safety halts federal pilot programs with Homeland Security agencies

The company who owns the AI powered license plate reading cameras installed throughout the Eugene community, Flock Safety, announced on Aug. 25 that they will be halting all of their

AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America

With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker DJI in his sights on the way to his goal: Preventing all crime in the U.S.

ACLU challenges Flock Safety’s AI surveillance

Flock devices are deployed nationwide, including in Jackson.

Controversial Surveillance Startup Flock Adds AI to Police Tech

Flock Safety said Thursday it will add artificial intelligence to its surveillance products used by US police departments, an update the company said will help make society safer and that privacy advocates have called “abominable.”

Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops

Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.