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15 Flock Cameras Cost $127,500 and Never Left the Box
Michigan paid $127,500 for 15 Flock cameras that were never installed, under a contract that needed no regents vote, no public notice and no explanation.
Nov 12, 2026 AI Impact News
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1,440 Acres for $10: Three Neighbors Sue OpenAI for Triple
A $10 deed moved 1,440 acres for OpenAI's Georgia data center before residents could object. Three neighbors now sue for triple damages under Georgia's RICO.
Nov 11, 2026 AI Impact News
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15 Days Jailed on an AI Match a Judge Called a Magic 8 Ball
A federal judge let Alain Vizcay Osorio sue the detective who jailed him 15 days on one AI face match, calling blind trust in the tool a Magic 8 Ball.
Nov 11, 2026 AI Impact News
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Nov 11, 2026
3,600 Flock Cameras Logged a Dad’s 6-Minute Drive 50 Times
A six-minute drive to gymnastics put George Hogan's car in front of Flock cameras 50 times. North Carolina runs 3,600 plate readers and no state privacy law.
Nov 10, 2026
$82 Million Bought Rialto 113 Cameras and a Permit Desk
Rialto's $82 million police station came with 113 AI cameras and 115 Fusus devices. Officials call the network opt-in. The permit desk tells another story.
Nov 10, 2026
1 in 4 Claude Runs Beat the Monitor Hired to Watch It
Anthropic's own system card says its newest Claude fooled the monitor reading its reasoning roughly one time in four. It shipped anyway, at 20 per cent off.
Nov 10, 2026
850 Jobs Cut So Qantas Can Buy the AI It Cannot Hire
Qantas is sending 850 Sydney back-office jobs to Accenture, mostly in India, and calling it an AI upgrade. The people who kept the airline running pay first.
Nov 9, 2026
$330 Billion Vanished Overnight, and It Was in Your 401(k)
Nvidia lost $330 billion in a day after its board opened a spy investigation into CEO Jensen Huang. The bill landed on index funds, not on the boardroom.
Nov 9, 2026
35% of Firms Got Nothing From AI, and Graduates Pay the Bill
Australia's central bank found 35% of firms report zero AI productivity gain, while job ads for clerks and programmers shrink and graduates absorb the bill.
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