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Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license plate reader

… I look forward to the ‘Privacy First’ crowd showing up to support these bans ... just remember to leave your phones at home.” The town received a grant from the state of Texas to have eight Flock Safety AI license plate readers installed, but it turns out that its people do not want it. …

May 21, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy

… Hanff's earlier report focused on Anthropic's Claude Desktop app, which he says quietly installed a browser integration bridge across multiple Chromium-based browsers on a system, including five browsers he did not even have installed. …

May 6, 2026 · Zak Killian