Controversial gunshot-detection company ShotSpotter has deployed more than 25,000 microphones across 170 cities worldwide. This week, WIRED and South Side Weekly revealed the company may continue to provide gunshot data to police in cities even after contracts have ended. Internal emails seen by the publications suggest ShotSpotter sensors may have stayed online despite law enforcement deals having expired, raising questions about what will happen to 2,500 microphones in Chicago when its contract runs out at the end of the year. Elsewhere, Change Healthcare finally admitted to paying a ransom to the AlphV hackers, also known as BlackCat, that extorted the medical company. Weeks ago, WIRED revealed the attackers were paid 22 million, one of the largest ransomware payments ever. However, in a statement this week the company admitted for the first time that it paid the ransom as part of its effort "to do all it could to protect patient data from disclosure."

Dr. Leonard Sax joined'Fox & Friends' to discuss how wealthy families are using fake medical diagnoses to their advantage when it comes to college entrance exams. A Maryland high school athletic director was arrested after he allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to create racist and antisemitic audio in the voice of his boss, officials said Thursday. Dazhon Darien, 31, an athletic director at Pikesville High School, allegedly made the recording to retaliate against his boss, Pikesville Principal Eric Eiswert, who was pursuing an investigation into Darien's potential mishandling of school funds, authorities said. At a press conference on Thursday, Robert McCullough, chief of Baltimore County police, said that officials were first made aware of the voice recording on Jan. 17, and thoroughly investigated the allegations before sharing the information with the public. "On January 17, 2024, the Baltimore County Police Department became aware of a voice recording being circulated on social media," McCullough said.

A Baltimore, Maryland school district has launched an investigation after a high school principal was allegedly recorded making racist comments to students and staff. In a Wednesday email to parents, Baltimore County Schools superintendent Myriam Rogers said that while the statements were "deeply disturbing," the district could not "confirm the veracity of this recording at this time." "I understand how upsetting this recording is for many members of the Team BCPS community," Rogers said, according to a report in WMAR2 News. "We will not tolerate disparaging remarks about any member of the Team BCPS community." Things became more perplexing after The Council of Administrative & Supervising Employees (CASE), the union representing Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert, claimed the recording was fraudulent and generated using artificial intelligence (AI).