How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Tech Review describes methodology for mapping border surveillance deaths, using AI to process records with human verification.
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Investigation reveals AI border surveillance towers fail to prevent deaths, with no comprehensive effectiveness audit conducted by CBP.
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4 ways to address the failures we found along the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Tech Review investigation finds systemic failures in US border surveillance towers, with deaths occurring despite AI-enabled monitoring.
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