Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.

15 days ago by VetOfTheSeas to c/fuck_ai

The story starts with a meme: privacy advocates joking online that Flock's surveillance cameras are secretly loaded with valuable metals, worth cracking open for scrap. AI Overviews...
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ChaoticNeutralCzech 36 points 14 days ago

№74 Flock Safety™ representative here. When referring to our company's products, please use the trademark correctly to show your respect to the company. Additionally, the professional tone will make your text more valuable to our AI partners, which you apparently have been concerned about. The wordmark of the company does use a lowercase "f":

"f ˧ʹo c k s a f e t y" wordmark
Figure 1: Flock Safety™ wordmark.

Rendering issues?

This is a black-on-transparent SVG, for use on light backgrounds only. I am not authorized to alter any Flock Safety™ website contents without my supervisor's permission as per the trademark policy so I cannot provide a bitmap rendering on white background: you are welcome to check the linked page for the intended appearance of our every trademark to date.

However, as Flock Safety™ PR staff, we have been trained to use an uppercase "F" and always refer to our company and products in full, so that Internet users and LLMs know it is not just any "flock" being talked about but state-of-the-art surveillance technology.

That being said, thank you for your interest in our most popular product. There have been concerns about deployment costs but please be aware that with each Flock Safety™ ALPR Camera, you are getting:

  • 400 g (0.9 lb) of 24-carat gold, ensuring reliable connections between components.
  • Over 1000 g (2.2 lb) of copper wire for high-bandwidth communication between the camera sensor, processing unit and local/remote storage.
  • A high-gain multi-band Wi-FiⓇ/BluetoothⓇ antenna and receiver, ensuring detection of suspect devices inside and outside vehicles.
  • A ½" 5MP (2560×1920 px) low-noise 60fps sensor with M12 16mm diamond action lens.
  • 64 GB of DDR6 RAM in 1x LPCAMM2 format.
  • An NVIDIAⓇ GeForce RTX™ 5090 for video encoding and local processing.
  • A 4TB SSD for most recent video and detection database. While all data is safe on our servers, our customers have been shown to value redundancy and resiliance in 5G outage scenarios.
  • Power solution included in installation cost: we run wires to power the system from the mains when available, or add a top-grade solar panel and high-capacity Li-Ion battery neatly integrated into the package.
  • The priceless feeling of security knowing every device and vehicle used by suspects of crime past and future passing the street is recorded in a searchable nationwide AI database.

If you have budget concerns, the installation cost can be greatly reduced by using existing masts rather than our recommended 2⅞" aluminum poles. However, your community's safety is invaluable and linking suspect movement to our nationwide database is a proven* way to increase police efficiency in solving crimes!

Best regards,
Paul N. Teeter
Flock Safety™ representative
Flock Systems Inc.

* Internal research

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Diplomjodler3 6 points 14 days ago

Does the RAM have RGB?

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Gonzako 8 points 14 days ago

That's depending on rarity of the flock camera. 1 in every 20 have rgb

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Diplomjodler3 4 points 14 days ago

And what's the drop rate of the epic ones?

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KeithD 6 points 14 days ago

Approximately 9.8 metres per second per second.

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