New Orleans Pushes for “European Style” Surveillance After Attack & Chicago Ditches ShotSpotter

About this episode

Elizabeth and Zach discuss surveillance proposals in New Orleans and Chicago's abandonment of ShotSpotter technology.

Elizabeth and Zach discuss the chilling proposal for expanded surveillance in New Orleans following a tragic New Year’s Eve attack, raising questions about privacy, predictive technologies, and the misuse of AI. They also dive into Chicago’s decision to abandon ineffective ShotSpotter gun detection technology and the broader implications of replacing invasive systems with something “new […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Elizabeth, Zach

Topics covered

• surveillance
• privacy
• predictive technologies
• AI misuse
• gun detection technology
• public safety

Keywords

• surveillance
• New Orleans
• Chicago
• ShotSpotter
• AI
• privacy
• predictive technologies
• public safety

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ShotSpotter

Places: New Orleans, Chicago

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