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Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms

  • Written by Jess Reia, Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarmsA small, black license plate recognition camera is mounted on a light pole in Boulder, Colo.Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images

For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States.

Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance.

In thousands of towns and cities across...

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