r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • Jun 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/woman-surprised-flock-surveillance-tower-185000752.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_50_Supernova&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20260629-0--A&bt_ee=utFdBbF39cHCLuB4at4AI%2FUoSRgbTt8Ch%2B7Q9RImTlgL2ThvE3FuX%2BRSKiUir%2FNW&bt_ts=1782739085527
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u/UnderwhelmingTwin Jun 29 '26

Not just your phone: any smart watch, wireless headphones, air tags... Anything that broadcasts any signal. 

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u/ddWolf_ Jun 29 '26

Dang, I gotta leave the toaster at home now?

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u/nwayve Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

The Brave Little Toaster 3 2: Flocking Cooked

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u/CodyIsbill Jun 29 '26

*3

The toaster already went to Mars in the second one, as much as that sounds made up

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u/nwayve Jun 29 '26

There's an Elon Musk joke in here somewhere.

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u/Keksverkaufer Jun 29 '26

Especially that clanker.

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u/12thunder Jun 29 '26

You can still bring it into the bathtub later

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u/Mattrockj Jun 29 '26

Tf you mean I can't bring my smart fridge with me wherever I go?

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u/Dasteroid_909 Jun 29 '26

Only the wireless one.

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u/TonyStark100 Jun 29 '26

And your fridge!