Nick Pipitone
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 23, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Nashville Scene
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BNA Police Have Used Clearview AI Facial Recognition Since 2020 (opens the original)
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The Nashville International Airportâs Department of Public Safety has used a controversial artificial-intelligence-powered facial recognition system since May 2020, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority. The company providing the technology â Clearview AI â has faced intense legal scrutiny since around the same time airport public safety began working with it. âIdentifying suspects or persons of interest can be a challenge during an investigation,â
MNPD’s Drone Trial Is a Small Piece of a Larger Surveillance Push (opens the original)
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Lost in the debate over the Metro Nashville Police Departmentâs âDrone as First Responderâ trial is the bigger picture laid out in the Community Review Boardâs recently released preliminary report. In its report, the board â which is the cityâs police advisory and review committee â firmly situates the drone trial among the larger, unresolved fight over police surveillance technology in Nashville. The board writes that the drone pilot program is the latest step in âMNPDâs stead
Murfreesboro Renews Flock Gunshot Detection System Through 2028 (opens the original)
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The Murfreesboro City Council voted in June to renew the cityâs contract with Flock Safety for the companyâs gunshot detection system. The Atlanta-based surveillance companyâs gunshot-detection sensors and license plate readers have become among the most contested pieces of policing technology in the country. While police surveillance tech has been hotly debated in Nashville, the contract renewal in Murfreesboro was approved with relatively little controversy. The only vote tied to Flock-r
Sale of Zoo-Area Site Eyed for Data Center Looms as Backlash Continues (opens the original)
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The Nashville Zoo has issued a detailed rebuttal to public statements made by DC BLOX, the Atlanta-based digital infrastructure company, disputing its characterization of the planned data center facility to sit adjacent to the cultural attraction. The zoo's statement also challenges the companyâs claims of legal standing regarding the property. At issue is a roughly 202,000-square-foot data center facility DC BLOX has proposed constructing on land purchased from MarketStreet Enterprises. The c
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