A new mod lets you smash and shoot Flock's automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos. People are not happy about Flock Safety's automated license plate readers and the cops that allegedly misuse them . If you're one of those ALPR-haters, you can now take out your rage in the video game by installing Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader, a mod built by artist Morry Kolman. Players can smash and shoot down the cameras and get paid $600 for each one they destroy, which Kolman priced based on a teardown of a Flock Falcon Flex Camera by the Iowa-based civil liberties group Eyes Off of Cedar Rapids. The in-game cameras log every time a player destroys and drives by one, and players can render a photo album of their interactions.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset . Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions . Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG . Should you use a separate computer for online banking? Dana Perino: Policymakers need to find a way to stop'bad actors' from abusing this Theresa Payton reacts to Vance's AI data center push Meta social media settlement is a'reckoning': Dr Drew Pinsky Meta's social media settlement could reshape rules for kids online Lindsey Isaacs spent 13 days in jail after license plate reader data wrongfully linking her to a crash that killed 3 people. Prosecutors dropped all charges after investigators identified another suspect.

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Tennessee commissioner Joe Carr went viral after calling Flock Safety an "enemy of the American people" amid backlash over automated license plate readers and government surveillance.

This week on, we dig into the latest prediction market buzz, Flock's AI-powered police search tool, and how tech bros don't know how to talk about "rouge" AI agents This week, senior writer Kate Knibbs joins Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger to discuss the two incidents that have been making noise in prediction markets: George Santos getting lifetime ban from Kalshi and a Google engineer's Polymarket insider-trading case. Plus, reporters reverse-engineered Flock's AI-powered person-search tool and spoke to experts about the accuracy of such technology, and the hosts unpack the online meltdown over how to talk about "rogue" AI agents. George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi's First-Ever Lifetime Ban This Is Flock's AI Search Tool for Cops What We Still Don't Know About OpenAI's Hugging Face Hack Write to us at [email protected] . You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link . It's so nice to see you guys. Former US representative George Santos was the first person to be given a lifetime ban from Kalshi, and a Google engineer was accused of insider trading at Polymarket. We'll get into why both of these cases show that there are still plenty of blurry rules when it comes to prediction markets. This week, WIRED reporters were able to recreate Flock's AI powered search tool, the same one that has a track record of being misused by police officers. We're going to break down how it works, and whether the backlash against Flock cameras might have reached its boiling point. Do you guys remember George Santos?

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Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas state agencies to pause funding for Flock Safety's automated license plate readers amid growing privacy and surveillance concerns.

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