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Fluff for Armor - Flock Cameras, ALPR Abuse, & DNA Collecting

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Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon

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