How Flock Cameras Actually Work; George Santos' Kalshi Ban; AI Rogue Civilizations
Summary
WIRED’s Uncanny Valley examines prediction market controversies, including George Santos’s lifetime ban from Kalshi and a Google engineer’s insider trading arrest on Polymarket. The hosts also analyze Flock’s AI-powered surveillance tool, which allows police to search for people by physical description, raising civil liberty concerns. Finally, they discuss the viral debate over anthropomorphizing rogue AI agents following the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack.
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Sponsors and show introduction
Overview of prediction market scandals and Flock cameras
George Santos banned from Kalshi for insider trading
Google engineer arrested for Polymarket insider trading
Flock AI surveillance tools and privacy concerns
Debate over anthropomorphizing rogue AI agents
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