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LAPD ends contract with Flock Safety over civil liberties and privacy concerns

LAPD allowed its 3-year Flock Safety contract to expire July 12, 2026, citing “serious concerns” over civil liberties, privacy, and camera data collection from Flock’s 80,000+ U.S. license-plate readers. CIO Dean Gialamas said LAPD could revisit after data/privacy/security and sharing concerns are addressed; Flock called it a “surprise.”

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AI

Anthropic Launches Rupee-Denominated Claude Pricing in India

Anthropic began 2026 rupee-denominated Claude pricing in India: Pro is ₹2,000/mo (vs $17) and Max from ₹11,999 (vs $100), with Team ₹2,399 per seat. UPI payments aren’t enabled yet (card/app-store only), and India is 5.8% of Claude usage.

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General

EU Considers Age Limits and Possible Ban on Social Media Access for Teens

Ursula von der Leyen says the EU may propose new child social media rules within months: no screens under 3, supervised access under 13, and tighter limits for older teens, with platforms required to prove safety for younger users. The Commission will review the report “after the summer,” but any law needs approval from the European Parliament and all 27 EU member states, amid DSA scrutiny over Meta’s addictive design and TikTok’s 2026 findings.

The Verge
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AI

OpenAI’s Head of Safety Systems Departs Amid Team Reorganization

Johannes Heidecke, OpenAI’s head of safety systems, told staff in a July 2026 memo he’s leaving as safety moves under Mia Glaese. Mark Chen says faster training cadence and shorter release cycles are increasing coordination demands, with Saachi Jain serving as interim safety head.

WIRED
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AI

Meta pulls Instagram AI photo feature after user backlash

Meta removed a Muse Image AI feature introduced the week of July 10, 2026 that let users @-mention public Instagram accounts to generate images from their photos without notifying holders. After Dylan Byers (Puck News) reported backlash from CAA, Meta said it “missed the mark” and took it down Friday.

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