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  • Hacker News: California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7k Times in 2023

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    Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/california-police-misused-state-databases-more-7000-times-2023 Source: Hacker News Title: California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7k Times in 2023 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant misuse of sensitive criminal justice data by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) and other California law enforcement agencies in 2023, highlighting…

  • Hacker News: Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of Data Unconstitutional

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    Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/victory-federal-court-finally-rules-backdoor-searches-702-data-unconstitutional Source: Hacker News Title: Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of Data Unconstitutional Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The federal district court’s recent ruling concerning the necessity of warrants for backdoor searches of databases containing Americans’ private communications marks a significant step toward civil liberties protection under the…

  • Slashdot: Arrested by AI: When Police Ignored Standards After AI Facial-Recognition Matches

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/18/201248/arrested-by-ai-when-police-ignored-standards-after-ai-facial-recognition-matches Source: Slashdot Title: Arrested by AI: When Police Ignored Standards After AI Facial-Recognition Matches Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses issues surrounding the misuse of AI-powered facial recognition technology by law enforcement, particularly highlighting wrongful arrests due to reliance on flawed AI results without independent verification. This…

  • AlgorithmWatch: A Year of Challenging Choices – 2024 in review

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    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/a-year-of-challenging-choices-2024-in-review/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: A Year of Challenging Choices – 2024 in review Feedly Summary: 2024 was a “super election" year and it marked the rise of generative Artificial Intelligence. With the adoption of the AI Act, it seemed poised to be the moment we finally gained control over automated systems. Yet, that…

  • The Register: US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/19/house_ai_policy_requests/ Source: The Register Title: US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests Feedly Summary: Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report,…

  • The Register: American cops are using AI to draft police reports, and the ACLU isn’t happy

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/aclu_ai_police_report/ Source: The Register Title: American cops are using AI to draft police reports, and the ACLU isn’t happy Feedly Summary: Do we really need to explain why this is a problem? COMMENT AI use by law enforcement to identify suspects is already problematic enough, but civil liberties groups have a new problem…

  • AlgorithmWatch: The Rise and Fall of a Predictive Policing Pioneer

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    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/predictive-policing-pioneer-keycrime/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: The Rise and Fall of a Predictive Policing Pioneer Feedly Summary: KeyCrime was a first of its kind, a company dedicated to using Artificial Intelligence to identify recurring patterns in serial crime. The European Union’s AI Act, however, dealt the project a mortal blow. But the idea lives on.…