The independent Oakland Ballers partnered with AI firm Distillery to let an artificial‑intelligence system manage a baseball game in real time. Trained on a century of baseball data and the team’s own analytics, the AI made lineup, pitching and pinch‑hitting decisions that mirrored those of human manager Aaron Miles, intervening only to replace a sick catcher. While the experiment ran smoothly on the field, many local fans reacted negatively, viewing the move as a corporate‑first approach that ignored traditional baseball culture. The team says the trial sparked valuable conversation about the role of AI in sports. Read more →

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has broadened its technological arsenal, securing contracts with facial recognition firm Clearview AI, Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, data broker LexisNexis, and analytics giant Palantir. These agreements provide ICE with capabilities ranging from identifying individuals in child‑exploitation cases to accessing extensive public‑records databases and sophisticated case‑management systems. The contracts, some valued in the millions, reflect a continued reliance on commercial surveillance tools to support immigration enforcement and related investigations. Read more →

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has broadened its technological arsenal, securing contracts with facial recognition firm Clearview AI, Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, data broker LexisNexis, and analytics giant Palantir. These agreements provide ICE with capabilities ranging from identifying individuals in child‑exploitation cases to accessing extensive public‑records databases and sophisticated case‑management systems. The contracts, some valued in the millions, reflect a continued reliance on commercial surveillance tools to support immigration enforcement and related investigations. Read more →

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has broadened its technological arsenal, securing contracts with facial recognition firm Clearview AI, Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, data broker LexisNexis, and analytics giant Palantir. These agreements provide ICE with capabilities ranging from identifying individuals in child‑exploitation cases to accessing extensive public‑records databases and sophisticated case‑management systems. The contracts, some valued in the millions, reflect a continued reliance on commercial surveillance tools to support immigration enforcement and related investigations. Read more →

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has broadened its technological arsenal, securing contracts with facial recognition firm Clearview AI, Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, data broker LexisNexis, and analytics giant Palantir. These agreements provide ICE with capabilities ranging from identifying individuals in child‑exploitation cases to accessing extensive public‑records databases and sophisticated case‑management systems. The contracts, some valued in the millions, reflect a continued reliance on commercial surveillance tools to support immigration enforcement and related investigations. Read more →

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has broadened its technological arsenal, securing contracts with facial recognition firm Clearview AI, Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, data broker LexisNexis, and analytics giant Palantir. These agreements provide ICE with capabilities ranging from identifying individuals in child‑exploitation cases to accessing extensive public‑records databases and sophisticated case‑management systems. The contracts, some valued in the millions, reflect a continued reliance on commercial surveillance tools to support immigration enforcement and related investigations. Read more →