SFPD can keep surveillance data 50 times longer than Flock recommends

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What does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence? Brandon Pho has a really interesting article about a closed-door meeting of San Francisco religious leaders who are grappling urgently with the challenges of AI.

Mayor Daniel Lurie announced last month that the city would impose “tighter limits” on its nearly 500 Flock surveillance cameras. Frankie Solinsky Duryea reports that Lurie’s policies still let the SFPD hold on to data for far longer than other Bay Area cities—and 50 times longer than Flock itself recommends.

For back story, see our report on how federal and out-of-state agencies illegally accessed data from San Francisco’s surveillance cameras.

You’re probably sick of getting calls about the upcoming election. But Nicholas David and Yujie Zhou got to watch a real pro at work, as Nancy Pelosi sat down to dial up some local voters and urge them to vote for Connie Chan.

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Mayor’s ‘strong’ policies let SFPD hold Flock data longer than other Bay Area cities

Flock cameras photograph and archive the license plates and physical details of every passing car.

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Closed-door meetings and chatbot sermons: Inside the city’s religious reckoning with AI

“There are actual bodies and souls in the room.”

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Speaker emerita, speaking: Nancy Pelosi’s final push to elect Connie Chan to Congress

“Nobody can work the phones quite like Nancy.”

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Feds ‘improperly’ accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds

“It’s no secret [it] is a controversial tool, and I think there are a lot of privacy concerns.”

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