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  AI Cameras Took Over One Small American Town. Now They're Everywhere JOSEPH COX Spread across four computer monitors arranged in a grid, a blue and green interface shows the location of more than 50 different surveillance cameras. Ordinarily, these cameras and others like them might be disparate, their feeds only available to their respective owners: a business, a government building, a resident and their doorbell camera. But the screens, overlooking a pair of long conference tables, bring them all together at once, allowing law enforcement to tap into cameras owned by different entities around the entire town all at once. This is a demonstration of Fusus, an AI-powered system that is rapidly springing up across small town America and major cities alike. Fusus’ product not only funnels live feeds from usually siloed cameras into one central location, but also adds the ability to scan for people wearing certain clothes, carrying a particular bag, or look for a certain vehicle....

Manga as a Messenger: Moderna targets Japanese kids with mRNA comic   As I’ve   extensively documented , Japanese kids have had a pretty depressing time since 2020. But at least they have one thing to look forward to: education publisher Gakken has collaborated with Moderna to produce a new manga aimed at elementary school students called “Secrets of mRNA”. According to   the press release   by Gakken and Moderna, a copy will be sent to all 20,000 elementary schools and 3200 public libraries in Japan. People who are proficient in Japanese and have nothing better to do can also read it for free on   Gakken’s website . Spoiler alert: the manga unfortunately doesn’t reveal the secrets to how mRNA injections cause   heart problems ,   menstrual irregularities , and   autoimmune conditions . The story, such as it is, starts with Haruto (the boy on the cover) going to bed with a fever. While asleep, he dreams about his immune system, portrayed as a secu...