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Savannah Police Department fired six employees for misusing the Flock Safety license plate reader system, including running unauthorized searches on acquaintances and granting outside access. The cases are under criminal investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the department has added weekly audits to prevent future misuse.
A skeptical take on open-weight AI models, arguing that safety risks such as deepfakes, harassment, and terrorist misuse may outweigh benefits because open weights lack control points and attack is cheaper than defense.
The article argues that AI itself is not inherently good or bad; rather, the way people use it determines its impact, criticizing misuse while acknowledging AI's potential dangers and the impossibility of shutting it down.