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Research/reporting on AI, algorithmic, surveillance tech & its impacts from longtime journo @KateKayeReports. All @RedTailAI work separate from @PrivacyForum

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🧵Three concerned Portland folks testifying at yesterday's city council hearing on Portland Police Bureau's request for more drone $ and expansion of drone use rules cited @RedTailAI investigations (https://t.co/8ZCASMtnkK).

Watch starting at 1:44
https://t.co/juVUf58DXc

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@RedTailAI reporting coming soon about an algorithmic pricing model being piloted by a @PortlandGov utility aims to show that even if AI systems used by gov could have benefits, they deserve transparency and scrutiny.

Follow to make sure you get it:
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Body worn cameras are coming to a retail store or hospital near you. Despite immense privacy & civil liberties impacts and lack of regulation re: data collection and use, employee protection will be a very important argument used to sell these systems. https://t.co/wKWA0nUbCt

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@PortlandGov City Council voted unanimously yesterday in favor of Portland Police's request for a big expansion of their drone program, with NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS/AMENDMENTS. There were many simple things they could have considered to improve policy:
https://t.co/Lg8saIOy7K

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@MetaM00 @KateKayeReports @pnwpolicyangel They reported they now own 19 drones, but we can expect that to grow substantially if they receive this additional budget. Here's an investigation based on FOIA'd procurement docs of what they owned as of about a year ago and capabilities of the devices https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

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Portland city council is set to vote on Wed September 4 on a (likely?) broad expansion of the police drone program and an additional $98k in funding. Here's what council might consider, and notable points discussed at this week's council meeting: https://t.co/Lg8saIOy7K

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Following yesterday's Portland council hearing, police request for $98k for drones will go to 2nd reading (should happen after 5 days acc to council rules).

It seems that council had not seen PPB's updated drone rules proposal-?

They can read here: https://t.co/8ZCASMtnkK

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🧵Three concerned Portland folks testifying at yesterday's city council hearing on Portland Police Bureau's request for more drone $ and expansion of drone use rules cited @RedTailAI investigations (https://t.co/8ZCASMtnkK).

Watch starting at 1:44
https://t.co/juVUf58DXc

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OPB & testimony also mentioned demographics of areas where drones are often flown. Earlier @RedTailAI research shows PPB drones have been deployed where more people of color live and where poverty rates are higher. Here's that research: https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

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2/2 Earlier piece includes disclosures & explains basis of reporting (analysis of @PortlandPolice procurement docs, PPB drone open data & related census demographic data) https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

Proof folks: how might followup incorporate a @proof__news ingredients label?

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1/2 Working on a followup to @RedTailAI investigation of @PortlandPolice drone use. https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

Pondering how best to apply @proof__news's ingredients label concept (akin to datasheets for datasets/model cards for model reporting)...(https://t.co/rVH9iXC9EW).

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NeurIPS 2024 is looking for AI Ethics Reviewers for submissions in human subjects research,
Data privacy, copyright, and consent, Discrimination, bias, and fairness, Environmental impact, Human rights and surveillance:
https://t.co/jazaNeYFTZ

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@acidflask are they hauling a giant basket or is that part of the car?

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The https://t.co/iJoaWnFJN4 robots.txt file instructions to AI web crawlers:

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@rajiinio Carlini says this re initial work attacking ML models, which is not true: "what set this field most significantly apart was the fact that no one was really using machine learning models in 2018."

In financial services, marketing, etc. ML was in use. https://t.co/KZ2iXZHe5z

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Professor friends: What are legit sources to help professors AVOID ChatGPT & teach/use CRITICAL THOUGHT?

A friend of mine teaches required reading/writing at a Chicago college where students are using it & the school also suggests she use it in grading/assignment comments.

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Here's the story resulting from the Portland Police Bureau drone program FOIA/public records request: https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

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Just uploaded docs obtained via public records request from @PortlandPolice for @KateKayeReports investigation of PPB drone program to @documentcloud. Now anyone can access! You'll see how much info organization was required before reporting could start. https://t.co/5d7V4fTL8x

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PPB has deployed its drones over behavioral health-related calls, during traffic stops, and in other situations that may be outside the program’s originally-stated mission. Lots more detail in the story - give it a read and please share! https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

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🧵Latest deep RedTail investigation provides never-before-reported details on @PortlandPolice drones. Some PPB drones have cameras that zoom-in on people, track them from a distance, and share those people’s precise locations remotely in real-time. https://t.co/jjZk8IMACx

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In many cases, PPB’s drones have been deployed in neighborhoods where more people of color live & poverty rates are higher than in Portland as a whole. I detail one particular case in September 2023 involving four drones with advanced capabilities that paints a vivid picture.