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Brandon Roberts
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Investigative journalist. News Apps Developer at @ProPublica.org. Occasional AI/ML researcher. Using data+code to hold power to account.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
RIP Greg 🫡
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You can see the full RFI here (and give your input) public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18737.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I thought this was funny. "AI adoption is expected to yield significant benefits ... Realizing these benefits depends on continued AI innovation and public adoption."

Kind of a chicken and egg logic here. As if AI isn't good enough for many tasks because we're not all using it yet? 🤔
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here's the link to the full document in the federal register public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17651.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Right, but it's interesting because I can't think of a reason anyone would pipe sorted files into rm. Like what's it drawing on here? I ran this at temp=0 so it's deterministic, you can get this result for yourself
September 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Shouldn't need a reasoning model to output a simple find piped into sort
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For reference, a 2024 VoiceBrain CRADA with Dept of Homeland Security was focused around capturing, transcribing and doing AI analytics around airport radio traffic for TSA in Oakland.

www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM