Sources: Russia paused parts of a surveillance system protecting Putin after Israel used AI on footage from Iran's traffic cameras to locate Ayatollah Khamenei
Russia paused surveillance system after killing of Iran's Supreme Leader exposed how AI can be used on CCTV data to target enemies
Chinese state media: China launches three VC funds of $7.1B+ each to back early-stage “hard technology” startups valued below ¥500M, or about $71M
China on Friday launched three venture capital funds to invest in “hard technology” areas, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Indian documents and emails: CCTV makers clashed with Indian regulators over rules requiring government labs to assess hardware, software, and source code
Aditya Kalra / Reuters : X: @adityakalra and @adityakalra . Forums: r/news X: Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra : Since April 9, all internet-connected CCTV models sold in India need government lab approva...
A new autopsy report finds former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji's death was a suicide, countering his family's suspicions, which had fueled speculation online
techcrunch.com/2025/... X: Poornima Rao / @raopoornima : SFPD writes inaccurate information in Autopsy and Police report . They have never retrieved CCTV footage from leasing office . We need report f...
Dublin-based Protex AI, whose AI-powered platform plugs into CCTV devices to spot risks and enhance workplace safety, raised a $36M Series B led by Hedosophia
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How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship
Li Yuan / New York Times : X: @kenroth , @scs_disputes , @scs_disputes , @liyuan6 , @david_mulroney , and @alfonslopeztena LinkedIn: Dr. Nils Seibert , Michael D Pendleton , and Gabriele Iuvinale . F...
How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship
Li Yuan / New York Times : X: @kenroth , @liyuan6 , @scs_disputes , @scs_disputes , @david_mulroney , and @alfonslopeztena LinkedIn: Dr. Nils Seibert , Michael D Pendleton , and Gabriele Iuvinale . F...
FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger faces for two years as part of AI trials; Amazon software was used to predict age, gender, and emotions
CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
Wyze says ~13,000 customers could briefly see others' camera feeds, after a similar issue in 2023; Wyze blames glitches in rebooting systems after an AWS outage
https://www.theverge.com/... The security issue is being blamed on “a third-party caching library,” but the company acknowledges that it let customers down @cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family : Wyze show...
A look at Fusus, which links a town's security cameras into one central hub and analyzes the feeds using AI, as its system is deployed across 2,400 US locations
https://www.404media.co/... “Ordinarily, these cameras and others like them might be disparate, their feeds only available to their respective owners: a business, a government building, a resident an...