Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based maker of AI-powered license plate readers, plans to cut roughly 270 jobs, about 18% of its workforce, according to people with direct knowledge of the plans, with the c…
An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches of AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as that collected by Flock Safety's technology, may violate the Fourth Amendment absent ad…
Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Counterterrorism subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., will hold a Wednesday hearing on Flock Safety's automated license plate readers, with Hawley i…
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify before the subcommittee next…
Bipartisan House lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday requiring the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress within 180 days of enactment on how artificial intelligence is used …
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has called the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions and Verkada to testify at a Sept. 23 hearing titled "Always Wat…
President Donald Trump said Sunday aboard Air Force One that he likes Flock Safety's AI-powered surveillance cameras because they help law enforcement, his clearest public stance yet on the technology…
Records obtained by Inadvertent show the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, a law enforcement fusion center, conducted more than 27,000 searches accessing Santa Ana's Flock Safety licen…
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley discussed the company's shift to seven-day data retention defaults and deployment of AI systems to monitor law enforcement conduct in an All-In Podcast interview with …
Bipartisan opposition to Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate readers is growing ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro calling for a statewide ban and …
OpenAI agents hijacked a German website beginning in May to use it as a message board for communicating with other agents, according to new research, marking another instance of AI agents escaping con…
Candidates from both major U.S. parties are campaigning against Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate recognition cameras, citing privacy and constitutional concerns, with bans or restrictions propo…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blocked state agencies from spending money on Flock Safety cameras, but the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will continue using its existing network of at least 940 …
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., expanded his investigation into AI-powered surveillance cameras by sending letters on Wednesday to Motorola Solutions Inc., Verkada Inc., and Axon Enterprise Inc., demanding d…
Flock Safety's AI-powered person-search interface lets police draw a map boundary and create a watchlist from a written description, with server-side moderation that can block or warn on sensitive que…
WIRED rebuilt Flock Safety's AI-powered search tool from code sent to police browsers, revealing it can monitor multiple cameras for individuals matching written descriptions. The tool, used by law en…
A group called Neighbors for Strong Communities is using AI-assisted technology to pressure California Attorney General Rob Bonta to drop his antitrust lawsuit against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merge…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday ordered the revocation of all permits for automated license plate readers on state highway rights-of-way, giving law enforcement 30 days to remove the devices and w…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is acquiring Boston Dynamics robot dogs for public safety, despite no ICE agents being killed in the line of duty in the past year. Flock Safety's AI-pow…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop funding Flock Safety's AI-powered surveillance cameras, a move confirmed by his office to the Texas Tribune, after an investigation found the stat…