Hated AI company finds MIT killer

https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/12/were-catching-serial-killers-the-controversial-tech-behind-solving-brown-university-shooting.html

5•chzblck•1mo ago

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chzblck•1mo ago

With all the hate of Flock Online interesting that they were able to find the killer so fast

dang•1mo ago

Please don't editorialize titles. It's against the site guidelines: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you want to say what you think is important about an article, that's fine, but do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

chzblck•1mo ago

Apologies, I will be sure to follow guidelines next time

dang•1mo ago

Appreciated!

bigyabai•1mo ago

Flock didn't stop the shooting, nor apprehend the killer alive. There's zero utility in post-hoc surveillance to the taxpayer.

Seems like they deserve the hate.

metalcrow•1mo ago

it prevented future killings from this individual, though. And i don't think thing it's sensible to blame them for failing to catch the killer alive.

duskwuff•1mo ago

> it prevented future killings from this individual, though.

The individual prevented future killings by that individual. Flock didn't prevent anything; at most, they helped find his body.

fakedang•1mo ago

> Earlier this month, Cambridge cut ties with Flock Safety. The city said it plans to conduct a thorough evaluation of this type of technology in Cambridge and “looks forward to re-engaging with the City Council and broader community about this technology.”

Plot twist, Flock hired the killer.

> The gray Nissan was a rental from an Alamo Rent-A-Car in downtown Boston, court documents state. It had last been rented by 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Manuel Neves Valente on Dec. 1. Video footage from the Alamo Rent-A-Car showed him wearing clothing matching that of the suspect from the Brown shooting.

EDIT:- Seems like Flock really didn't help find the killer. The suspect's body would have been found eventually anyways, with the clothing matching with the scene at both Brown and MIT.

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