Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to cut state funding for AI-powered Flock cameras amid privacy concerns

Greg Abbott ordered Texas agencies to pause funding for Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate readers as cities cancel contracts over privacy.

The higher fee, meant to combat catalytic converter theft, provided millions to expand the Flock network across Texas. Some lawmakers say that wasn’t the intent.

Corey Woods (D), the mayor of Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday defended his decision to cancel the city police department’s $80,000 contract with Flock Safety, a top automated license-plate reader company, amid reported misuse of its products.  “The concern that we had was just that the potential for misuse was too great,” he

More than a dozen local law enforcement agencies across the country have used opioid settlement money to procure Flock cameras and other AI-powered automated license plate readers (ALPRs), an investigation by Mother Jones has found. Settlement funds began flowing to states and localities in 2022, after major pharmaceut

Tempe joins a growing list of cities ending their relationships with Flock over concerns of privacy, misuse, and data sharing. Bloomberg/Getty Images Tempe, Arizona, shut down its Flock cameras over privacy and misuse concerns. While police found no misuse in Tempe, there have been cases of suspected misuse in nearby

Ring camera founder Jamie Siminoff joins "CBS Mornings" to announce the company's new privacy measures as public concern ramps over security camera surveillance and the use of AI.