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Sam Biddle

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
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Sep 9, 2026
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Jul 12, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Sam Biddle

    Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around (opens the original)

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    Flock Security likes to describe its national private network of cameras and license plate scanners as a public safety boon. “I can think of no greater mission than rescuing our children,” tweeted Flock CEO Garrett Langley, sharing a promotional company video. “Another child rape suspect located and arrested with help from Flock,” chief strategy officer Rahul Sidhu posted last month. Last week, venture capital firm and Flock investor Andreessen Horowitz put the company’s benefits in civilization

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Sam Biddle

    The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No (opens the original)

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    The Department of Defense asked OpenAI to provide the U.S. military with a special version of its artificial intelligence technology designed to turn down the military commands as infrequently as possible, according to documents obtained by The Intercept. The desire for a custom AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” to Pentagon commands was revealed in files released to The Intercept as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking information about the military’s secretive deals with AI c

  3. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Sam Biddle

    AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal (opens the original)

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    The acrimonious breakup between Anthropic and the Department of Defense played out largely in public. But despite the high-profile salvos between the artificial intelligence giant and the Pentagon, ostensibly over the ethics of 21st-century warfare and corporate power, their actual falling out hinged on a government contract that has remained hidden away. Through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit conducted with the help of Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, The Intercept obtaine

  4. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Sam Biddle

    Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters (opens the original)

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    To counter the purported national scourge of “organized retail crime,” a bill moving through Congress would deliver the Department of Homeland Security unprecedented policing powers, granting even more authority to what experts say is an already lawless ICE. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, or CORCA, was introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last year with wide bipartisan support. The bill is aimed at limiting coordinated retail theft and shoplifting, which lawmakers allege is happ

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Sam Biddle

    Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers (opens the original)

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    In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new study found. The post Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers appeared first on The Intercept.

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