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22.02.26 - 22:03
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AI Surveillance Should Scare Both Democrats And Republicans (ZeroHedge)
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AI Surveillance Should Scare Both Democrats And Republicans
Authored by Brendan Steinhauser via RealClearPolitics,
In a country desperate for unifying issues, there is growing consensus on one: surveillance of American citizens. From progressives who want to hold ICE accountable to conservatives who fear Big Government, an ever-expanding federal government has put many Americans on high alert, and artificial intelligence is only making matters worse.
To quote New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom, “ICE is watching you.” It is true: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement saw its 2025 budget triple to nearly $30 billion, which would rank the agency as the 14th highest-funded military in the world. Much of the money is funding surveillance technology, including tools to crack phones, monitor social media, and track the movements of U.S. citizens and non-citizens alike. The Department of Homeland Security and affiliated agencies are currently piloting and deploying more than 100...
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22.02.26 - 14:24
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Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct (The Guardian)
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Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm's tech to analyse behaviour as 'automated suspicion'Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used technology supplied by the company, which also works for the Israeli military and Donald Trump's ICE operation. It has now confirmed that it is using Palantir's AI to analyse internal data about sickness levels, absences from duty and overtime patterns in an effort to identify potential shortcomings in professional standards. Continue reading......
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