In response to growing concerns over mass surveillance and reports of misuse, Flock, a major provider of license plate reader technology, is modifying how law enforcement officers access its nationwide database. The company will now require officers to enter a criminal case number before conducting a search and will expand automated auditing of suspicious queries.
These changes come after incidents where officers allegedly used the technology to stalk or harass romantic partners, current or former. However, Flock will not verify the case numbers entered, meaning officers could still circumvent the new safeguards.
Elsewhere in technology news, scientists have developed a CRISPR-based method to convert male mouse embryos into female clones by removing the Y chromosome. This technique could aid conservation efforts for species with few remaining individuals, though cloning also raises possibilities ranging from livestock modification to creating human replicas without brains.
In another development, researcher Deanne Taylor is working to include children in the Human Cell Atlas project, which initially focused only on adults. Taylor is building a database of healthy pediatric tissue to provide a baseline for child development and to understand how adult diseases may originate in childhood.
Additionally, a military exercise revealed that Ukrainian drones defeated US forces, highlighting vulnerabilities to drone attacks. Other stories include price cuts by OpenAI and Anthropic to compete with Chinese AI, Apple training its own AI model for China with Alibaba's support, and US humanoid robot efforts facing a Chinese supply chain.
Source: MIT Technology Review
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